I totally agree with you. I only use Slack from we app but I'm a heavy user of VSCode and Spotify. I believe in standardized Web API's rather than a clusterfuck of native API's.
The problem here is the base platform Electron and underlying Chrome/Nodejs
But as consumers we feel when our browser lags, so browser vendors optimize speed over memory and cpu, caching the shit out of everything. The Web is a dangerous place so they further isolate every tab as process, sandbox them and keeps lots or copies of the same thing in RAM because a security flaw is a lot more shameful than a memory flaw.
You are right, electron is a hog. Last I checked all, electron, chromium and Nodejs were open source. We can actually make a difference.
Making noise also makes a difference. When someone complained about VSCode cpu usage because of idle cursor and it blew on HN, next month's release had a fix (for all platform)
The truth is you can't move fast doing native development with different libraries. Electron keeps your dev costs down and allows you to move very fast.
> You are right, electron is a hog. Last I checked all, electron, chromium and Nodejs were open source. We can actually make a difference.
Won't that encourage more companies to cut corners? How can producers of quality products compete when other companies can release prototypes that their paying customers finish for them?
There's the argument "Why should I do it? If I'm paying for it then they should do it"
And there's, "This really sucks, its an open source project, I think I can make a difference that would affect millions in a small way but would still make a big impact overall"
The problem here is the base platform Electron and underlying Chrome/Nodejs
But as consumers we feel when our browser lags, so browser vendors optimize speed over memory and cpu, caching the shit out of everything. The Web is a dangerous place so they further isolate every tab as process, sandbox them and keeps lots or copies of the same thing in RAM because a security flaw is a lot more shameful than a memory flaw.
You are right, electron is a hog. Last I checked all, electron, chromium and Nodejs were open source. We can actually make a difference.
Making noise also makes a difference. When someone complained about VSCode cpu usage because of idle cursor and it blew on HN, next month's release had a fix (for all platform)
The truth is you can't move fast doing native development with different libraries. Electron keeps your dev costs down and allows you to move very fast.