Memory is still the number 1 limit I have to deal with, every day. Both on my laptop, and on the server side. It remains highyl relevant exactly because of that kind of attitude.
The issue isn't a single tool. It is when you have a lot of them, and it all starts adding up.
> These are dev dependencies. If they are making it to your server, memory isn't the issue.
Yet you above suggested deploying them somewhere else. Which is exactly what I do because otherwise my laptop is constrained by the heap of bloated tools I depend on.