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electron=js/node it’s about cost. develop once, deploy everywhere. web solved that. web devs are a dime-a-dozen (i’m not saying web dev is bad… just that it’s
by deafpolygon 7mo ago
electron=js/node
it’s about cost. develop once, deploy everywhere. web solved that. web devs are a dime-a-dozen (i’m not saying web dev is bad… just that it’s a saturated market) so the cost is already scraping the bottom of the barrel.
now, compare this to deploying native apps, we need:
- a macOS dev/team
- a windows dev/team
- a linux dev/team
- a web dev/team
- testers for each of those platforms
- coordination between the teams so the UI looks consistent
that’s a 4-5x larger staff
AI is a force multiplier, sure.. but it’s not a 10x force multiplier. it’s 2x at best, but probably 1.5x in practice (and averaged across the board).
- ahartmetz 7mo agoQt is a cross-platform native toolkit. It is native on Linux, looks more native than whatever the current UI clusterfuck is on Windows, and Mac users will complain a bit (at which point you can point out that at least it's not Electron). You can also compile it for Wasm but yeah, probably more of a last resort.