Electron considered harmful
Read OriginalThis article is a critical rant from a Unix hacker perspective, arguing that Electron is a harmful choice for desktop applications. It criticizes Electron for shipping a full Chromium instance, creating non-native UIs, and being inefficient. The author provides case studies of apps like lossless-cut and 1Clipboard to demonstrate misuse and bloat, concluding that Electron enables lazy development.
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