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		jackkinsella 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs Probably a memory leak But other ideas: - all pages of FE site loaded at once instead as as needed - FE indexed search engine - bug rendering too many invisible HTML elements (eg 1M select boxes)

SilasX 29 days ago [–]

Then why does pretty much every site seem to have a "memory leak" of this type (besides unicorns like HN that try to be minimal)?

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