Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
by gobdovan on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:13AM
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> There is absolutely no reason for Discord—a chat application—to run everything a browser does
Chat apps are literally the central example of why Electron is a God-sent. Here's a video from a Rust guy explaining why there are quite a bit of reasons to do it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaGZHe8wws .
Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
by cstdr on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:05PM
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You don't need a full browser-engine just to render some text with images. The majority of the web api sprawl browsers implement is just baggage for that.
Chat apps are literally the central example of why Electron is a God-sent. Here's a video from a Rust guy explaining why there are quite a bit of reasons to do it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaGZHe8wws .