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Discord is rebuilding its desktop app in Rust to fix its memory problem

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Software Pigs Do Fly: PC memory is becoming an increasingly unattainable hardware product these days, which means software developers will need to adapt. Discord, one of the worst offenders when it comes to excessive RAM use, is apparently going to tackle this long-standing issue by giving up on inefficient web-based development frameworks.

Microsoft is finally doing something about Windows 11's abysmal performance on lower-end systems, and third-party software developers are following suit. Discord's CTO has recently confirmed that the popular messaging platform is soon getting a brand-new desktop client. Unlike past web-based versions, it should deliver much better performance thanks to the adoption of the Rust programming language.

Discord co-founder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy said the company has been adopting Rust since 2018, using the general-purpose, memory-safe languagein several parts of its...

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