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> Electron is undoubtedly slower and more resource-intensive than other options, but outside of specific audiences (HN readers) I bet most people won't care. I
by nickjj 8y ago
> Electron is undoubtedly slower and more resource-intensive than other options, but outside of specific audiences (HN readers) I bet most people won't care.
I think it makes even more of a difference for people outside of the HN audience.
A non-technical person might grab a $400 laptop from Costco with 4gb of RAM which is fairly common.
All it takes are a few Electron apps to exhaust that entire system's resources.
- anoncake 8y agoBut will a non-technical person know which apps are to blame?
- nickjj 8y agoThey will be able to determine "before I installed this app everything was good but now it's not" and then they will proceed to blame your app (with good reason).
- baumandm 8y agoFair points. All I was trying to say was that Electron and other technical decisions should be evaluated by their actual business impact, which vary from app to app.