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by enbugger 29 days ago
A decision to move native because of the crisis seems like an expensive populist move to please not very solvent users. Why bother with that if many predict the RAM crisis will last merely until 2027?
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If you can predict the future so accurately, why aren't you the richest man on the planet?
Because predicting the future roughly as well as everyone else doesn't make you rich.

Predicting a surge in RAM supply after a surge in RAM demand and a huge increase in RAM margins is economics 101.

We are still bound by natural resources, as much as economics 101 loves to ignore this simple fact.
Supply of RAM isn't really limited by natural resources - silicon is literally one of the most abundant materials on the planet. It's limited by the construction of billion dollar factories.
Scarcity of natural resources is squarely within the realm of economics 101.

The open question in my mind is for how long semiconductor demand will continue to grow faster than we can increase production capacity.

I can't. But I'm sure I will be happier and richer person if I don't opt out self from a working stack in favor of saving 100-200mb RAM
You're off by an order of magnitude there.
super happier and super richer?