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Stop this nonsense already. Electron is the greatest thing that happened to the dying desktop software ecosystem. And the performance/resource usage is just fin

by itwy 8y ago

Stop this nonsense already. Electron is the greatest thing that happened to the dying desktop software ecosystem. And the performance/resource usage is just fine.

_eht 8y ago
The limited scope evangelist has arrived... Sigh.
gmemstr 8y ago
> And the performance/resource usage is just fine. It depends. On my machine with 8GB of RAM and an older processor, Electron apps suck the life out of it. My newer dual core with 16GB of RAM (ultrabook) and an NVME SSD handles them fine. I think most devs working with newer faster hardware get a bit desensitized when it comes to performance. Electron isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but I refuse to call it "the greatest thing" - there's still a lot more work to do, like have a single shared Electron process for all Electron apps.
- itwy 8y ago
  my machine (is currently) with 8GB of RAM and an older processor.
- isaiahg 8y ago
  Same here. I bought a cheap 4gb laptop and put a light linux on it just for coding away from home. All electron apps suck the life away while sublime runs like a dream.