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Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by na85 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:18PM (#28108322)
>a simple yet powerful native desktop trading terminal.

Electron can't be even charitably described as "native". Honesty in marketing is so depressingly rare.

If you won't even be honest about your technology stack, how can I trust you to be honest with the important stuff?

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by snarkypixel on Sunday August 08, 2021 @02:11PM (#28108739)
I think you're being overly pedantic by focusing on the distinction between hybrid and native apps. As far as most users are concerned, if it's installed on their computer, /feels/ like a real app and is solving problems they care about, they couldn't care less whether it's built using web technologies or not.
Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by krageon on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:15AM (#28113522)
> overly pedantic

Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying. It is entirely not the case that it is so and therefore it's neither pedantic nor overly so.

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by snarkypixel on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:38AM (#28118246)
> Categorising what can charitably be called a repackaged website as native or high performance is quite simply lying

Some hybrid apps are "repackaged website", but others are built to be high performance desktop apps. For instance, I wouldn't call vscode or slack "repackaged websites" even though they're built using Electron & web technologies.

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by na85 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:34PM (#28109415)
Whether users care or not is a straw man.

React running in a headless instance of chrome is a webapp, plain and simple.

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by amargautam on Sunday August 08, 2021 @02:21PM (#28108829)
Thank you. There you go!!
Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by amargautam on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:21PM (#28108351)
Electron is technically not native, that is correct. We have never hidden the fact that we use Electron.
Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by na85 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:23PM (#28108366)
I mean your opening paragraph straight-up lies when you describe your product as a native application.

You aren't up front about the tech details of your product, despite posting on one of the most technical sites around... Not a good look.

Then you go on to claim you wanted to build a desktop app, and then you list React of all things. LMAO.

I'm sure your product is great but you need to refine your pitch. You come off as disingenuous at best while you're asking your clients to trust you with their cryptocurrency, in a market segment that's already rife with fraud and scams.

Anyways, best of luck with the launch.

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by amargautam on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:35PM (#28108458)
We are very upfront about our tech stack. It is clearly stated in my post.

Regarding whether electron apps are desktop apps or not, we can go on and on about it. I do understand the demerits of Electron technically but I also see merits in using it for startups like ours where we can quickly build and test with users.

Regarding trusting with users' cryptocurrencies, we don't hold any cryptocurrencies. They remain on the exchanges.

Re:Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal by MaKey on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:43PM (#28110880)
Why pitch your app as "native" to a tech-savvy crowd then when it's actually not?