>> Java runs everywhere and is at least an order of magnitude more efficient than Electron. I don't think people are choosing Electron for efficiency. They're

>> Java runs everywhere and is at least an order of magnitude more efficient than Electron. I don't think people are choosing Electron for efficiency. They're choosing it for getting results sooner. Electron lets you pump out a reasonably nice looking cross-platform app that does what it's supposed to do, using a lot of your existing code, in a short period of time. That convenience to developers can easily outweigh the trade-offs related to Electron's many flaws, especially when time and resources are very limited.