alt Hacker NewsThey could have done better. They chose the path of least resistance, putting in the least amount of effort, spending the least amount of resources into accomplishing a task.
There's nothing "good" about electron. Hell, there are even easier ways of getting high performance cross platform software out there. Electron was used because it's a default, defacto choice that nobody bothered with even researching or testing if it was the right choice, or even a good choice.
"It just works". A rabid raccoon mashing its face on a keyboard could plausibly produce a shippable electron app. Vibe-bandit development. (This is not a selling point.) People claiming to be software developers should aim to do better.
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I agree with you, I even think it's shameful. When I saw it was elctron, I sighted so long I almost choked. Can't even cmd+g nor shift+cmd+f to search, context menu has nothing. Can't even swipe, no gestures etc. ELctron is better than nothing, and I'm grateful, but it tastes bitter. As for performance, somebody if I remember correctly, once asked here "what's the point of 512GB RAM on the mac Studio?" And then someone replied "so you can run two electron apps".
> They could have done better. They chose the path of least resistance, putting in the least amount of effort, spending the least amount of resources into accomplishing a task
You might as well tell reality to do better: The reality of physics (water flows downhill, electricity moves through the best conductor, systems settle where the least energy is required) and the reality of business (companies naturally move toward solutions that cost less time, less money, and less effort)
I personally think that some battles require playing within the rules of the game. Not to wish for new rules. Make something that requires less effort and resources than Electron but is good enough, and people will be more likely to use it.