I tried to build a Windows native app using Microsoft's latest technologies. Now I understand why everyone builds Electron apps.
Native Development
I’ve been on a long-term quest to find a simple, fast, and user-friendly way to develop native applications for a variety of platforms, and this page holds ...
Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native
Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native
GREG ISENBERG on Twitter / X
Apple JUST quietly announced something that’s a lot BIGGER than it looks: "the Mini Apps Partner Program"Apple is admitting that the future of software is embedded, lightweight, vertical mini-apps distributed inside bigger appFor founders who want to make $$ building apps:… pic.twitter.com/jZz7dU6w07— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) November 14, 2025
The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development — Smashing Magazine
An honest perspective on building local-first web apps in 2026, written for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets.
Tauri vs. Electron: performance, bundle size, and the real trade-offs
A breakdown of the choice between Tauri and Electron for cross-platform apps, backed by practical comparisons and benchmark data.
Desktop apps
Build self-contained desktop applications from a Deno project, with framework auto-detection, hot reload, native windowing, auto-update, and cross-platform distribution.
Alex Moore on Open Web Advocacy and Why "Innovation Doesn't Come from the Gatekeepers"
Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.
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Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn’t.
The barrier to entry for building software has collapsed. The barrier to building something that matters hasn’t moved an inch.
Svelte Native • The Svelte Mobile Development Experience
Svelte Native is a mobile application framework powered by Svelte — build mobile apps using the friendly web framework you already know
@pfrazee.com question. is there a technical reason why social-app forks are not able to quickly launch native apps? We have blacksky and mu and witchsky, yet no alternative social-app native apps. @rude1.blacksky.team I recall you putting out a request for development contributions to put out an app
