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Sitting at 2.2GB of combined resident RAM across 11 processes. I haven't done a single query yet.

Surely they can just vibe is down to a reasonable footprint, right? Right?

But you might. And Codex is taking your threats seriously and stand prepared in case you breach protocol and start using your computer resources for your own nefarious purpose.

These apps stands as last defense between users and legitimate owners of compute resources that is electron and pals.

Is this a linux issue? My Macbook has 16gb ram and running out has literally never been an issue for me. I'm using all of it + 10gb of swap and my computer feels snappy and fast. Chrome with 100+ tabs, discord, slack, codex, chatgpt, all running simultaneously with no issues. Sure, all other things being equal less RAM usage is better, but I can understand why reducing it isn't a priority for them.

The OS doesn't matter here. The problem is that it's an electron app, hence it has high ram usage

I didn’t say “I’m running into issues due to the ram usage”, I’m saying it uses a lot of ram. My computer also feels snappy and fast, it doesn’t change the fact that 2.2GB is a huge amount of bloat for it not having done anything yet and still sitting idle.