It wouldn't be an issue if other work tools were taking absolutely nothing yes but as it is now, 16GB of RAM with a JS oriented stack isn't enough anymore.
And getting more RAM is just delaying the problem anyways since it takes more RAM every week as the product evolves.
I don't know what machine you're using, but filling 2.5GB of RAM was already taking less than 200ms back in 2018.
I don't suspect memory usage is an issue here.