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I liked the dual header 2D graphics rasterizer that this uses: https://github.com/xboot/libcg https://github.com/xboot/libcg. I'm always amazed by how we can bu
by felipefar 3y ago
I liked the dual header 2D graphics rasterizer that this uses: https://github.com/xboot/libcg https://github.com/xboot/libcg. I'm always amazed by how we can build powerful software with minimal dependencies like that.
Would it be that hard to build nice, clean and powerful UI libraries as alternatives to Electron?
- musicale 3y agoNo. But then what would we do with all of the extra memory and performance?
- buserror 3y agoExtra memory and performance is invariably passed down to people who will come up with lovely bloat to fill the void :-) I find it quite horrifying in many ways to see how much resources are used for so very little in terms of user benefits. Not just 'UI' per se, but just general functionality. And the 'reasons' are always the same too, 'it is more maintainable' (read: it is not, in 2 weeks time the new version of your stack will break your 'code'.), 'it is easier to read for a newcomer' (read: no, not at all, it is just this week's fancypants trend), 'it is more secure' (read: just because we don't actually KNOW what it's doing, and rely on hopefully someone else for it) etc etc.
- jfb 3y agoThe real reason is always the same: it's cheaper. That's just the way it goes.