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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by hdjjhhvvhga on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:00PM (#30791716)
What about Flutter? I heard so many complaints before I now hesitate to look at it. But maybe these were just teething problems and things are running more smoothly now?
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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by rathboma on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:06PM (#30791802)
It wasn't available when I started Beekeeper Studio, so I never tried it.

I used to hate native-apps-that-are-actually-web-apps, but I'm a full convert after using VSCode, that's what encouraged me to take the leap with BKS.

Electron is the market leader, so maybe Flutter will end up better, but at this point I'm skeptical.

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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by xdfgh1112 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:33PM (#30792974)
Flutter is great. Web support is still not all there, but if you're looking at making apps for iOS/Android/Linux/Windows/Mac and you're not worried about it looking 100% native, it's a huge timesaver.
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