While there are plenty of things to be said about JavaScript and its ecosystem which I very much doubt you could dismiss as silly, this discussion is about Elec

While there are plenty of things to be said about JavaScript and its ecosystem which I very much doubt you could dismiss as silly, this discussion is about Electron. Meaning, an entire browser runtime being shipped to power a simple desktop appliaction, for a small developer benefit over other cross-platform toolkits and to great detriment for the users. And please, if you believe you are above those ad-hominem attacks, don't use them yourself.