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>a simple yet powerful native desktop trading terminal. Electron can't be even charitably described as "native". Honesty in marketing is so depressingly rare.

by na85 5y ago

>a simple yet powerful native desktop trading terminal. Electron can't be even charitably described as "native". Honesty in marketing is so depressingly rare. If you won't even be honest about your technology stack, how can I trust you to be honest with the important stuff?

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amargautam 5y ago
Electron is technically not native, that is correct. We have never hidden the fact that we use Electron.
- na85 5y ago
  I mean your opening paragraph straight-up lies when you describe your product as a native application. You aren't up front about the tech details of your product, despite posting on one of the most technical sites around... Not a good look. Then you go on to claim you wanted to build a desktop app, and then you list React of all things. LMAO. I'm sure your product is great but you need to refine your pitch. You come off as disingenuous at best while you're asking your clients to trust you with their cryptocurrency, in a market segment that's already rife with fraud and scams. Anyways, best of luck with the launch.
  - amargautam 5y ago
    We are very upfront about our tech stack. It is clearly stated in my post. Regarding whether electron apps are desktop apps or not, we can go on and on about it. I do understand the demerits of Electron technically but I also see merits in using it for startups like ours where we can quickly build and test with users. Regarding trusting with users' cryptocurrencies, we don't hold any cryptocurrencies. They remain on the exchanges.
- MaKey 5y ago
  Why pitch your app as "native" to a tech-savvy crowd then when it's actually not?
snarkypixel 5y ago
I think you're being overly pedantic by focusing on the distinction between hybrid and native apps. As far as most users are concerned, if it's installed on their computer, /feels/ like a real app and is solving problems they care about, they couldn't care less whether it's built using web technologies or not.
- amargautam 5y ago
  Thank you. There you go!!
  - Mike86534 5y ago
    Electron is not native. Stop calling it native.
- Mike86534 5y ago
  It's not pedantic. It's a basic software engineering fact. Electron is not native. This is not even debatable.
- na85 5y ago
  Whether users care or not is a straw man. React running in a headless instance of chrome is a webapp, plain and simple.
- krageon 5y ago
  > overly pedantic Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying. It is entirely not the case that it is so and therefore it's neither pedantic nor overly so.
  - snarkypixel 5y ago
    > Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying Some hybrid apps are "repackaged website", but others are built to be high performance desktop apps. For instance, I wouldn't call vscode or slack "repackaged websites" even though they're built using Electron & web technologies.

by na85 5y ago

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amargautam 5y ago

Electron is technically not native, that is correct. We have never hidden the fact that we use Electron.

na85 5y ago
I mean your opening paragraph straight-up lies when you describe your product as a native application. You aren't up front about the tech details of your product, despite posting on one of the most technical sites around... Not a good look. Then you go on to claim you wanted to build a desktop app, and then you list React of all things. LMAO. I'm sure your product is great but you need to refine your pitch. You come off as disingenuous at best while you're asking your clients to trust you with their cryptocurrency, in a market segment that's already rife with fraud and scams. Anyways, best of luck with the launch.
- amargautam 5y ago
  We are very upfront about our tech stack. It is clearly stated in my post. Regarding whether electron apps are desktop apps or not, we can go on and on about it. I do understand the demerits of Electron technically but I also see merits in using it for startups like ours where we can quickly build and test with users. Regarding trusting with users' cryptocurrencies, we don't hold any cryptocurrencies. They remain on the exchanges.
MaKey 5y ago
Why pitch your app as "native" to a tech-savvy crowd then when it's actually not?

snarkypixel 5y ago

I think you're being overly pedantic by focusing on the distinction between hybrid and native apps. As far as most users are concerned, if it's installed on their computer, /feels/ like a real app and is solving problems they care about, they couldn't care less whether it's built using web technologies or not.

amargautam 5y ago
Thank you. There you go!!
- Mike86534 5y ago
  Electron is not native. Stop calling it native.
Mike86534 5y ago
It's not pedantic. It's a basic software engineering fact. Electron is not native. This is not even debatable.
na85 5y ago
Whether users care or not is a straw man. React running in a headless instance of chrome is a webapp, plain and simple.
krageon 5y ago
> overly pedantic Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying. It is entirely not the case that it is so and therefore it's neither pedantic nor overly so.
- snarkypixel 5y ago
  > Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying Some hybrid apps are "repackaged website", but others are built to be high performance desktop apps. For instance, I wouldn't call vscode or slack "repackaged websites" even though they're built using Electron & web technologies.