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1. cpursley · 1791122201 · focus · HN ↗

   Why is this a JS bloatware instead of native or Rust which is easier than ever now with LLM coding tools.

   1. collingreen · 1791124942 · focus · HN ↗

      Because you haven't rereleased your own fork in rust yet! The "LLMs can do it" cuts both ways. If that doesn't sound worth your time then it's silly to rudely suggest it is worth someone else's.

      1. cpursley · 1791127585 · focus · HN ↗

         Fair enough, but seriously, my machine has taken a beating by all these JavaScript and electron thingies.

         1. collingreen · 1791147830 · focus · HN ↗

            I totally agree and I'm guilty of producing some electron crap. I think the ai explosion can be greatly improved by a new easy-for-ai but high performance and consistent ui paradigm. Would love to see a "what would html look like if it was designed for apps instead of documents from the first day" become really popular with the ai models without becoming too hard to read.

            Tall order but would love to get my cpu back!

            1. ryandrake · 1791158409 · focus · HN ↗

               One of my deep dark hopes for LLM coding is that it means that nobody ever needs to write an Electron app again. Have a good idea and the ability to plan and structure the code in JS but don’t know a native app language? No problem! Just have the LLM write the Rust or Swift or even C++!

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