Re:Is the madness ever going to end?
by lmm on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:03AM
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> What is it about building "web-related technology" that makes it so cheap?
Mainly a huge existing (and ongoing) investment from Google.
> Why isn't there a platform for making apps that compares?
Not enough money in it for a company that would make something properly polished, and the open-source stuff works well enough for its own developers and gets bikeshedded to death whenever anyone tries to add good defaults and provide an easy onramp (if anyone even cares enough to try). Like, in theory you could glue together something with Python, Qt, PySide and Freeze where someone can write two lines of Python, push a button, and get GUI executables for all major platforms. But good luck getting anyone to accept your patches or commit to not breaking compatibility with what you're doing.
Mainly a huge existing (and ongoing) investment from Google.
> Why isn't there a platform for making apps that compares?
Not enough money in it for a company that would make something properly polished, and the open-source stuff works well enough for its own developers and gets bikeshedded to death whenever anyone tries to add good defaults and provide an easy onramp (if anyone even cares enough to try). Like, in theory you could glue together something with Python, Qt, PySide and Freeze where someone can write two lines of Python, push a button, and get GUI executables for all major platforms. But good luck getting anyone to accept your patches or commit to not breaking compatibility with what you're doing.