Hmm, that's interesting.It’s not that simple, unfortunately. Some rules apply, some don’t. There are threads from users scattered on the forum here that make that clear.
Some AV folks get by just fine. On the other hand, a web developer who usually has 32GB posted their issues and it was clear they simply needed more RAM.
As a web developer myself, I wonder if that's down to the writing/reading of thousands and thousands of small files? ?
Heck, I've seen a node_modules folder with over 30,000 files for just one smallish project in the past.
I don't really know enough about the memory handling for thousands of small files pulled of disk to really understand it. But sure, it makes sense that it could be an issue.
Thanks for sharing, OP ... ignore my bluster with the 8gb being all you need. This is clearly a contentious and hotly debated topic.!