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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by codedokode on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:18PM (#50407670)
For me the ugliest part of Electron is that it uses client-server model inside a program and includes both a browser and Node.JS. This is so stupid. If you love microservices so much why don't you put every React component in a separate process?
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by kasabali on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:08AM (#50411589)
I somewhat suspect hr element isn't the reason Electron is a bloated shitpile.
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