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Friends don’t let friends use Electron
Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:49AM (#18763062)
All else being equal, native apps will always be better. Higher performing and longer lifespans. It’s like Winamp; simple, extremely fast, 21 years old and still kicks the shit out of modern music apps. Of course, if you can’t write well in native you shouldn’t.
Re:C++20 Ranges on Sunday December 23, 2018 @02:56AM (#18744986)
Are you new to programming? There are entire industries using only C++ for their software (like game industry)
Re:Remote code execution vulnerability in SQLite on Friday December 14, 2018 @07:03PM (#18686039)
None of the above methods are used for testing. You use boundary testing, branch testing, equivalence partitioning etc. Random data is not a good method of testing.
Re:Show HN: Don't code your UI, draw it on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @06:40PM (#18498921)
C++ is the industry standard for the game industry. How is it obsolete?
MacBook Pro is a piece of dog shit. Why would you pay $2000-3000 for a computer that has the performance of a $900 PC? Even the brand new top of the line Mac book pros only have a AMD 555x gpu. That is completely unacceptable for the price. They get utterly and completely destroyed by cheaper PC's in virtually every benchmark.
Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:00PM (#17994996)
Almost all those things should have been built in C
Re:Java is still available at zero-cost on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:28PM (#17889619)
JavaScript is slow as hell
"Having been a plumber for 10 years and now a quantum physicist"