8GB RAM & Sheer Willpower: The Potato PC Chronicles

Tech influencers in 2026: "You need an M3 Max, 64GB RAM, and a dual 4K monitor setup to be a real full-stack developer!" Me: Staring at my trusty i5 2nd Gen with 8GB RAM. It’s currently running a custom PHP backend, a database, and 45 StackOverflow tabs—surviving purely on loud fan noises, sheer willpower, and a few prayers to the server gods. 👀 We really don't give enough credit to the old hardware that just refuses to die. They are the true heroes of our "testing in production" phases, holding our projects together with duct tape and a dream. So tell me: What’s the weakest "potato PC" you’ve ever used to build a production-ready app? Let’s hear your survival stories! 👇