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Is software getting worse? (blog.ploeh.dk)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Electron apps created with React can definitely push the boundaries of what 'acceptable' memory usage is.

[–] lysdexic@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Electron apps created with React can definitely push the boundaries of what ‘acceptable’ memory usage is.

I have a pet theory that webview-based apps are popular only because currently there is absolutely no usable multiplatform desktop GUI framework. Therefore, developers have to resort to the one thing that works: load a webpage in a web browser.

Even React Native feels like a kludge in a way it converts React components to UI components.