@__morse: Electron might die soon here is an app fully built with gpuix (Node.js & React bindings for GPUI) rendering 5k messages…
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An app built with gpuix (Node.js & React bindings for GPUI) is showcased, rendering 5k messages via GPU without webview, suggesting Electron's potential decline. A tweet questions the migration to Electron due to resource usage.
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Electron might die soon
here is an app fully built with gpuix (Node.js & React bindings for GPUI)
rendering 5k messages
no webview. everything is rendered in the GPU via Bun https://t.co/VUQGD7NP4p
Tommy D. Rossi (@__morse): why is every desktop app migrating to Electron?
I thought code was cheap now and agents could do everything? why are you eating all my expensive RAM?
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