Try 64K! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Pascal

Also remember when XP was super bloated cause it needed 64MB?

This might explain it, in the opposite way it was meant to:

https://fxtwitter.com/trq212/status/2014051501786931427

> Most people's mental model of Claude Code is that "it's just a TUI" but it should really be closer to "a small game engine".

I dont think they need to optimize their infrastructure (at least not from their perspective). They have high-end PCs with 64GB of RAM, so 1GB doesn't matter to them. For example, I have 8GB of RAM, and I make my apps very performant. Honestly, I probably wouldn't bother if I had 16GB+ of RAM

The purpose of RAM is to be used.

> which eats 1GB+ of RAM. Meanwhile, my editor only consumes 80MB of RAM

And why are you comparing Claude Code to your editor?

> They can't even improve Claude Code

That depends on how you define "improve". They've added a ton of features to it over time. Who said minimizing RAM usage was something they are prioritizing right now?