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Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by hitekker on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:10AM (#19151059)
It is unfortunate that this unsaid sentiment has pervaded all the engineering organizations I've worked for... except the one that made software for developers. Funny that.
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Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by icelancer on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:28AM (#19151142)
It's not that difficult. You ship products to specific usergroups and don't need to exceed their tolerances. That 5% of users really hate Electron - or even know what it is - simply just doesn't matter to Slack.

And besides, of that 5% of people who hate it, a large percentage of them use it anyway because they have to.

Overengineered products for the minority don't do well unless you charge a huge premium for it, something my field unfortunately does a lot of and I have to deal with.

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