Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron

Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by jasonshaev on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:51AM (#30957624)

Is a CS grad really that much more capable of creating a native Windows UI application than a "bootcamp-graduated js-monkey?"

I certainly did not learn anything Windows related as a CS major and little to nothing about UI/UX.

Calling people "js-monkeys" is a bad look. We can have a conversation about the quality of applications on different frameworks without stereotyping an entire group of people.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by jasonshaev on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:22AM (#30958310)

How do you know that? Because someone switched careers they must be after "one thing and one thing only: cash?"

Just because someone has a CS degree they can't be primarily or solely motivated by cash?

Again you're making a huge, sweeping generalization about a large group of people. That's called a stereotype and it's not helpful.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by meowtastic on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:56AM (#30958835)

not CS grad nor bootcamp, but I took a 50% pay cut when I switched from sales to software engineering

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by aejae on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:23AM (#30958335)

This is a major reason many companies that start native, then try to scale to 100+ person eng teams often end up incorporating web views, and then switching over entirely. Saw this happen personally for our desktop client at Dropbox.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by speedgoose on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:42AM (#30957462)

I’m quite sure Microsoft has enough applicants to filter such candidates and only go with experienced or competent web developers.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by ushakov on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:46AM (#30957544)

yeah, imagine what desktop apps would look like without web developers

fast startup time, no battery drain, low system requirements, native look and feel… guess we don’t deserve it

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by speedgoose on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:01AM (#30957866)

You forgot “doesn’t exist for your operating system” in your list.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by andai on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:23AM (#30958337)

VLC wants to know your location.

(Though I recall it being a bit snappier when it was based on wxwidgets rather than Qt.)

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by ushakov on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:07AM (#30957993)

i’d love to have an OS that doesn’t support Electron

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by jakear on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:12AM (#30958109)

FreeBSD. Let me know how it goes for you. Genuinely interested.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by johnny22 on Friday April 08, 2022 @03:55PM (#30961775)

seems there's a port now (based on electron 13), although not merged upstream

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by speedgoose on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:17AM (#30958214)

FreeDOS perhaps.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by imbnwa on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:40PM (#30959360)

I don't understand how this comment isn't the end of this ridiculous, quasi-classist meme that gets repeated ad nauseam on this board

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