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notpushkin on July 13, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Repasting a MacBook

On one hand – absolutely.

On the other hand, I suspect this is the main reason we have those Electron abominations and bloated web apps nowadays.

swiftcoder on July 13, 2025 [–]

Yeah. Unfortunately as a software engineer I'm constantly on the losing side of that battle - many of the tools I'm obligated to use have long-since become enshitified :/

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