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Who both has a computer too slow to handle electron applications ,and is spending 20$ a month on Claude code.

>There are downsides though. Electron apps are bloated; each runs its own Chromium engine. The minimum app size is usually a couple hundred megabytes. They are often laggy or unresponsive. They don’t integrate well with OS features.

A few hundred megabytes to a few gb sounds like an end user problem. They can either make room or not use your application.

You can easily buy a laptop for around 400 USD that will run Claude code just fine, along with several other electron apps.

Don't get me wrong, native everything ( which would probably mean sacrificing Linux support) would be a bit better, but it's not a deal breaker.

parent 999900000999 8 months ago

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