alt Hacker News> 'Managing' the software to 'use the machine well' to get serious work done is unacceptable in 2026
I agree, I just don't think the rush to get more and more RAM and storage is the root of the problem.
Why on earth does a browser need more than 10 GB to display web pages?? Why does macOS keep piling/hiding trash that should be deleted in "System Data"?
And, if you need to keep device backups, put them on an external drive; that's what those things are for.
Web pages are very complicated and there's no pressure on people to make less complicated ones, nor is there any way there could be pressure on them.
Images, complicated CSS, JavaScript ads, they can all use lots of memory!