Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

Re:Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain by motoboi on Sunday February 26, 2017 @08:10AM (#13737045)

I was super sold, ready to install. But then realized that too.

Electron apps drain my mac battery super fast. It's a pity.

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Re:Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain by jayeshsalvi on Sunday February 26, 2017 @08:19AM (#13737068)

That must be the fault of the app than the Electron framework itself.

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Re:Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain by nxc18 on Sunday February 26, 2017 @08:35AM (#13737125)

You might think, but it seems all electron apps are resource hogs.

What does seem to be in the app's control is whether it is fast.

See VS Code and Atom; huge difference in performance but both will chew up your battery.

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Re:Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain by MildlySerious on Sunday February 26, 2017 @08:44AM (#13737167)

I think it's caused by Electron being so "easy". Anyone without much experience in CS can write desktop applications with it. Those who do have the CS experience tend to use different frameworks.

So even if Electron is a solid foundation, there is probably a bias towards inexperienced developers in who it attracts to work with it.

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