VSCode GPU Fan Overload

Text on the meme

Somehow rotating a 16x16 icon in the status line of VSCode requires incredible load of GPU causing the fans make a lot of noise. Once this icon stops rotating, GPU load falls to ~0 and fans become silent again.

What it means

A screenshot of a VSCode window with a rotating status-bar icon and a GPU monitoring panel showing activity on two GPUs. The joke is that a tiny animated icon inexplicably causes extreme GPU usage and loud fan noise, making it relatable to developers experiencing absurd software performance problems. EN: A screenshot of a VSCode window with a rotating status-bar icon and a GPU monitoring panel showing activity on two GPUs. The joke is that a tiny animated icon inexplicably causes extreme GPU usage and loud fan noise, making it relatable to developers experiencing absurd software performance problems.

Objects

computer screen / экран компьютера VSCode window / окно VSCode rotating status-bar icon / вращающийся значок в строке состояния GPU monitoring panel / панель мониторинга GPU GPU usage graph / график использования GPU Intel integrated graphics / интегрированная графика Intel NVIDIA graphics card / видеокарта NVIDIA GPU activity spikes / всплески активности GPU code editor sidebar / боковая панель редактора кода blue status bar / синяя строка состояния red arrow / красная стрелка fan noise / шум вентилятора