hard to regret more ram. maybe your current programming context doesn’t need it but a future one might welcome 32gb. I’d completely ignore 8gb. also pay attention to which laptops can extend ram in the future. some come with only capacity for the soldered ram and that’s it. try a framework laptop. no clue on what the prices are.

edit: oh, android. yeah, ram. remember it’s not just actually application active ram. also, compilers.