domga

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by domga 2mo ago
This is an individual solution to a systemic problem. On a personal level, it is possible to solve such problems, but generally no, the ship has sailed quite some time ago (I personally think cars are to blame). Even if you do it, you are s
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by domga 4mo ago
I can’t decide whether this is sarcasm or not. “You are holding it wrong” kinda sidesteps the issue that the results are fundamentally different.
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by domga 4mo ago
The problem with Electron is not that people choose it over native tech like WPF or SwiftUI, they choose it over nothing. Without Electron tons of cross platform apps simply wouldn’t exist. I think macOS suffers the most since it is not tha
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by domga 4mo ago
The issue with JS is that each page gets its own execution context so they don’t share any memory. I am actually curious what does the WebView do to save on RAM here?
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by domga 4mo ago
JavaScript frameworks/libraries are very rarely the problem, Electron just has to bundle Node, V8 and Chromium (granted, V8 is deduplicated). Electron apps are hungry for RAM, but in practice it is close to having a heavy tab active. T
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by domga 7mo ago
A decent chunk of OOP patterns was due to lack of language features, notably passing and returning functions
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by domga 7mo ago
I don’t really think AI would help much with the gaps related to the actual game design. It should allow for faster feature development, adding QoL, etc, but you need the actual game part coming from you.
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by domga 11mo ago
Links with lots of data in them are really annoying to share. I see the value in storing some state there, but I don’t think there is room for much of it.
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by domga 1y ago
Not really, web pages (which do not depend on specific APIs) still work just fine, they just look antiquated. Desktop apps in theory can run too, but it depends on what they link and if OS still provides it.
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by domga 1y ago
Yeah I am eagerly awaiting it, but it is not ready yet, so for now Janet is the best substitute.
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by domga 1y ago
Microsoft definitely wants to evolve, from my understanding they are looking at trying to lure people to package their apps, and to present similar hurdles as on macOS if your app is unsigned. But due to old apps which nobody will update to