One day I checked top and noticed that I had a python process was using 60 GB of RAM. Slightly worrying. Turns out I had a jupyter notebook open from a week ago that was casually consuming 60 GB with a huge dict.
So part of the reason may be that developers tend to have access to hardware which isn't representative of a typical user. I probably could've written a more clever algorithm at the time, but why bother for a one-off?
So part of the reason may be that developers tend to have access to hardware which isn't representative of a typical user. I probably could've written a more clever algorithm at the time, but why bother for a one-off?