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by nyanpasu64 2116 days ago
> All the coding is done on the web nowadays, why should we allow users to install compilers and dev tools on their machine?

Currently, web-based development is unsuitable for video streaming or native GUIs which operate on local filesystem files. I don't think video streaming over networks is easy. If development shifts such that people stop wanting local filesystems and native GUIs, I'll be sad...