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   Tab Freezer – Saved 3.1GB swap with 84 tabs open▲5

   Hey HN, At 58, I'm finally leaving corporate to build what I should have built years ago. First project: solving my own terrible habit. PROBLEM: Chronic tab hoarder. 100+ tabs open constantly. MacBook drowning - 7.2GB RAM, 6.3GB swap thrashing, fans screaming like jet engines. SOLUTION: Tab Freezer "freezes" inactive tabs using chrome.tabs.discard() API. Tabs stay in tab bar but stop consuming resources. REAL TEST RESULTS (84 tabs): • Before: 7.2GB RAM, 6.3GB swap • After freezing: 6.6GB RAM, 3.2GB swap • Total saved: 3.1GB swap The surprise: I closed all 84 tabs to compare - got almost…

   Nov 2025

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