• AnonymousDeity@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    People choose Electron because they already know how to write Chromium apps (web dev). It’s really just ease of development, using another framework takes more specialized skills than using Electron.

    That’s why everything is Chromium these days.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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      That’s why everything is Chromium these days.

      The root cause is one step deeper, tbh: Web apps are cheaper. You take BSc’s and make them create web pages, and hey, with Chromium they can also be your desktop app devs. No need to have costly MSc’s for backend or full-stack work.

      I mean this might vary depending on where in the world you are, but web devs earn a fair bit less over here.

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        No need to have costly MSc’s for backend or full-stack work.

        Lmao where are you seeing backend shops just full of MSc’s writing new sorting algorithm and arguing about the BigO notation of their problem?

        I’ve worked at Fortune 500 and MAANG companies, and the overwhelming vast majority of backend engineers that I’ve seen have BSc at best.

        It doesn’t even make logical sense in the context of your argument given that Electron is purely a frontend technology. It has no bearing on your backend costs or how many backend engineers you need if you’re building your frontend natively or with Electron.

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          It doesn’t even make logical sense in the context of your argument given that Electron is purely a frontend technology. It has no bearing on your backend costs or how many backend engineers you need if you’re building your frontend natively or with Electron.

          Yeah, that’s what I said.

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            1 year ago

            You take BSc’s and make them create web pages, and hey, with Chromium they can also be your desktop app devs. No need to have costly MSc’s for backend or full-stack work.

            ?

            In this situation you never needed MSc’s…