SMRTR ProgrammingMar 3, 2026Hacker News

Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native

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Drew Breunig questions why Claude uses Electron instead of native development despite AI capabilities. The author argues native APIs have become terrible, OS consistency has vanished, and platform integration offers little real value. Performance advantages exist but companies choose bloated implementations regardless of stack, making the web versus native debate irrelevant.

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