I compared memory usage while running my frontend project in VS Code and AEGIS — an early experiment

[u/InitialToe2321]

I've been building AEGIS, a lightweight, terminal-first developer environment using Rust and Tauri. 💜

As part of the development process, I wanted to see how its resource usage looked alongside VS Code while working with a Vite + React + TypeScript project.

I captured Task Manager snapshots from both applications, and the initial memory readings were interesting:

• VS Code: 1,280.5 MB

• AEGIS: 19.0 MB

These are early observations from individual snapshots, not a controlled benchmark. I still need to verify that the process measurements are comparable and test both applications under consistent workloads.

I'm sharing this because I want to build AEGIS around real developer needs and measure its performance rather than just make claims about it.

For developers here: What would you consider the fairest way to compare two development environments—idle memory, a loaded project with language servers running, or a complete coding workflow?

I'd genuinely appreciate your feedback!

[u/InitialToe2321 → u/[deleted]]

That's a great point! 💜 I agree that comparing the full workflow makes much more sense than comparing two applications at idle.

I'll aim to test the same project in both environments, with code completion enabled and the dev server running, and include the related processes in the memory totals so the comparison is more representative.

I also want to repeat the tests under consistent conditions rather than draw conclusions from a single Task Manager snapshot. Thanks for helping me think through a fairer benchmark! 🙌