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This is one of those stances that I see on HN all the time but never feel myself. Like, nothing about this outage affected my opinion of Electron apps at all.
by ajkjk 7y ago
This is one of those stances that I see on HN all the time but never feel myself.
Like, nothing about this outage affected my opinion of Electron apps at all. And in general I like them, as a developer and as a user. They're polishable with so much less effort.
- anyfoo 7y agoAs an OS engineer, I hate them. They cause problems and inefficiencies behind the scene that are pretty significant. I can see how you wouldn't say so from another position, it's a bit like propelling a passenger aircraft with controlled nuclear explosions: "It flies so effortlessly!"
- setpatchaddress 7y agoThis. slack is a significant CPU / power drain. Just watch `top -u` on macOS.