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CLion? Do you reckon I would just need a beefier system so? I'm currently using a macbook.

What code are you trying to use?

The one for the node https://github.com/steemit/steem. It seems very big.

That's wierd, because the original sourcecode should run fine.
What does your run configuration look like.

Actually I didn't even try to run. I was just wondering if the code analysis is supposed to take this much time.