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Hard disagree, web won because of the deploy story. Users don't have to install anything. Html and css is a terrible API for app layout, because it wasn't desig

• josephg 3y ago
  Given how important the web’s deploy story has been for its success, I’m surprised we haven’t seen more zero deployment application platforms / prototypes appear. Docker is an attempt at something similar on the server, but docker images are huge and docker still separates its docker fetch and docker run steps. Maybe part of the problem is that the web is the only platform where people obsess over the size of deployed artefacts. Websites are certainly getting bigger, but they’re still an order of magnitude smaller than the average snap package or iOS app.
• shortrounddev2 3y ago
  > Html and css is a terrible API for app layout, because it wasn't designed for that And yet it's so easy and forgiving that millions of 13 year olds learned it for their myspace and tumblr pages over the last 15 or so years. Somehow, despite all the CS graduates and 20 year software engineering veterans bemoaning it, more and more people learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript every day while the number of people learning native GUI development struggles to keep up or outright fades away. I truly believe that most software engineers don't understand what ergonomic software or programming languages look like. They're blinded by their expertise
  • yCombLinks 3y ago
    Those aren't apps, they're closer to documents, which is what it was designed for.
    • shortrounddev2 3y ago
      Wanting it to be that way doesn't make it true