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		crubier on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024 50% of people on HN seems unable to understand that developing UIs using web technologies is 2-3x faster than using Native frameworks. If anything, just from the benefit of not having to develop 5 versions of the UI (MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android) but just 1 responsive web app. In my perspective clearly the blatant disregard for UI experience is wanting to develop native apps just for hypothetical RAM savings or similar ideological preconceptions on performance that are not real or relevant in practice. Electron apps are now everywhere because THEY WIN. Figma, Slack, VSCode all succeed in large part thanks to being Electron apps. HN denial of this simple fact is copium

mrtesthah on June 18, 2024 [–]

Something being ubiquitous in the marketplace does not automatically translate into it being objectively or materially "better" for consumers.

Fast food is everywhere because it's cheap and fast. And diabetes and heart disease rates are skyrocketing worldwide. Is that "winning" in your eyes?

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