VS Code is a great example... resource hungry it may be but as an app, it's a huge success (based on the Github extension for example that has over 6 million in

VS Code is a great example... resource hungry it may be but as an app, it's a huge success (based on the Github extension for example that has over 6 million installs - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.GitHubExtensionforVisualStudio https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.G...). It would seem like building desktop apps with Electron is a big boost productivity wise (shorter learning curves, quicker time to working app) than older alternatives (Java, .NET etc, MFC etc.). If that assumption is correct, then it's trade-off against resource is worth it: get working but resource hungry app quickly in the hands of real users vs. take more time building something resource efficient but with user-validation still to do.