HN's memory usage obsession is basically a meme now. You'll see vastly more JS consternation here for RAM usage than praise for benefits like getting MVPs up stunningly fast, having a gigantic hiring pool, using one codebase to deploy on every major platform, etc. (These critics are often ironically the same folks who endorse avoiding premature optimization.)

And hey, memory usage can be crucial! But the community's distorted emphasis on it is almost comical, when compared to reality. I think it's an understandable perspective, given some devs' proximity to bare metal. But man I wish it wasn't such an omnipresent refrain here. :/