webpack: trying a trick to reduce memory usage

Author: williamstein

src/packages/static/src/webpack.config.ts

@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ export default function getConfig({ middleware }: Options = {}) {
     plugins,
     devServer: {
       hot: true,
+      // https://dev.to/woovi/web-dev-efficiency-achieving-faster-builds-and-lower-memory-load-with-webpack-4cm8
+      devMiddleware: {
+        writeToDisk: true,
+      },
     },
   };
 

src/scripts/g

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ unset PGHOST
 export DEBUG="cocalc:*"
 #export DEBUG_CONSOLE="yes"
 unset DEBUG_CONSOLE
-export COCALC_NOCACHE=yes
 
 #export COCALC_DISABLE_API_VALIDATION=yes