The latest articles on DEV Community by eddie3k (@eddie3k). https://dev.to/eddie3k https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4108615%2Fd5edce7f-b38c-4254-a590-c200b7911c80.png https://dev.to/eddie3k en eddie3k Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:06:17 +0000 https://dev.to/eddie3k/i-benchmarked-17-electron-apps-on-an-8gb-mac-and-built-an-alternative-that-uses-22gb-ram-mnm https://dev.to/eddie3k/i-benchmarked-17-electron-apps-on-an-8gb-mac-and-built-an-alternative-that-uses-22gb-ram-mnm <p>Like many developers, I work on an 8GB Mac (2019 MacBook Pro). If you keep Slack, Teams, Outlook, Spotify, and Notion open, Activity Monitor quickly climbs past 10GB and swap memory thrashes your machine.</p> <p>I built <strong>Rammax</strong> (<a href="https://rammax.vercel.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://rammax.vercel.app</a>) to fix this by sharing a single native Apple WebKit process pool instead of running 17 separate Chromium browser runtimes.</p> <h3> 📊 Real Benchmark on 8GB Hardware: </h3> <ul> <li>17 Standalone Electron apps: 12.80 GB (impossible on 8GB without freezing)</li> <li>Rammax (Native WebKit): 2.24 GB</li> <li>Physical RAM saved: 10.26 GB (82.1% reduction)</li> </ul> <p>Install in 1 line:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>curl <span class="nt">-fsSL</span> https://rammax.vercel.app/install.sh </code></pre> </div> webdev productivity showdev xamarin