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> "If we've been prioritizing developer efficiency at all costs we've failed pretty massively." Do we not hear all the time on HN, for example, that "Yeah, nat
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> "If we've been prioritizing developer efficiency at all costs we've failed pretty massively."
Do we not hear all the time on HN, for example, that "Yeah, native apps are more efficient and look better but Electron lets us just write it once and deploy on multiple platforms"?
- joefourier 7y agoElectron allows you to package your webapp into a downloadable stand-alone package, but does not make your development any more or less painless if you decide to use modern Javascript frameworks and infrastructure built for Google-scale deployment.
- saagarjha 7y agoYou hear the opposite, too. In fact, you'll hear both anytime an Electron app makes it to a front page, or if a company known for sticking to their guns on Electron or native announces literally anything.
- zxcmx 7y agoA bloaty app that's not platform native is still infinitely more usable than something which doesn't exist at all. Electron is one of a number of technologies which allow things to exist (in a non-optimal form) that might not be economically possible if a bigger team or a lot more time were required to ship them. IMHO the sad thing is not that Electron exists, the sad thing is that we don't have stuff that's way easier like hypercard or VB6 was.