Does Discourse require 2GB to work "Lag Free"?

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

@ljpp

With 1GB VPS slice costing 10$/month, is it really worth the effort try to push Discourse down to 512mb?

Not from our perspective, $10/month is the target for now.

I suspect 1GB VPS will eventually get down to $5/month anyway in a few years.