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It's weird to write MacOS specific software in this era.

by dekhn 2mo ago

bigyabai 2mo ago
The unstoppable "rewrite it in Swift!" vs the insurmountable "where's the Windows version?"
MBCook 2mo ago
Why? If I was writing this I would write it for my OS. Why would I write it for anything else? I assume that’s what the author did.
bashZorina_09 2mo ago
Is it? I'm observing the largest tech companies in the world release macOS/iOS-first or only, and consequently supports said version the best in this era.
asimovDev 2mo ago
do you mean they should've spent more time writing for other platforms or do you insinuate that they should've shipped a chromium browser instead of writing native software?
- dekhn 2mo ago
  The former, although the latter (or simply making a web app) is also a legitimate solution.
DonHopkins 2mo ago
You've curiously left out which platform it's not weird to write software for. Is there only one platform that's not weird, or is MacOS the only weird platform? Some of the best platforms and software are weird. Get over it.
- dekhn 2mo ago
  I write applications that run the same on all three main desktop platforms (typically): Mac, Windows, Linux. Writing an app for any single desktop platform is weird, unless the application uses some sort of specific functionality of that platform. In my case, I use Qt, but I've also written applications which had three UI drivers (X11/Win32/MacOS).
  - criddell 2mo ago
    Some of us think it's weird to accept the compromises you have to make to write cross-platform software, especially when you are using AI to write or help write the app.
    - dekhn 2mo ago
      What compromises? All three platforms are well supported by Qt. In my experience AI can take an app written for any one platform and port it to the others (with an abstract indirect UI interface layer) with no issues. There's nothing about this specific app that exploits any OS-dependent functionality.
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It's weird to write MacOS specific software in this era.

by dekhn 2mo ago

It's weird to write MacOS specific software in this era.

bigyabai 2mo ago

The unstoppable "rewrite it in Swift!" vs the insurmountable "where's the Windows version?"

MBCook 2mo ago

Why? If I was writing this I would write it for my OS. Why would I write it for anything else? I assume that’s what the author did.

bashZorina_09 2mo ago

Is it? I'm observing the largest tech companies in the world release macOS/iOS-first or only, and consequently supports said version the best in this era.

asimovDev 2mo ago

do you mean they should've spent more time writing for other platforms or do you insinuate that they should've shipped a chromium browser instead of writing native software?

dekhn 2mo ago
The former, although the latter (or simply making a web app) is also a legitimate solution.

DonHopkins 2mo ago

You've curiously left out which platform it's not weird to write software for. Is there only one platform that's not weird, or is MacOS the only weird platform? Some of the best platforms and software are weird. Get over it.

dekhn 2mo ago
I write applications that run the same on all three main desktop platforms (typically): Mac, Windows, Linux. Writing an app for any single desktop platform is weird, unless the application uses some sort of specific functionality of that platform. In my case, I use Qt, but I've also written applications which had three UI drivers (X11/Win32/MacOS).
- criddell 2mo ago
  Some of us think it's weird to accept the compromises you have to make to write cross-platform software, especially when you are using AI to write or help write the app.
  - dekhn 2mo ago
    What compromises? All three platforms are well supported by Qt. In my experience AI can take an app written for any one platform and port it to the others (with an abstract indirect UI interface layer) with no issues. There's nothing about this specific app that exploits any OS-dependent functionality.
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