From $25,000 Bloomberg Terminals to SpaceX spaceship controls, web tech is powering systems you'd never expect. Many desktop apps are built with Electron. Why build with web tech — and why bundle parts of Chromium to do so?

As an open source project, our website never had to “convince people” to use Electron, so I never took the time to actually explain why I’m betting on web technologies to build user interfaces or why I prefer bundling a rendering engine.

  • nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Many of the Electron maintainers are here to build desktop apps that end users love.

    Problem is I hate all of the electron apps that I’m forced to use with passion for being horrible, it’s probably not electron.