[deanCommie]

You made some bold statements without any details.

Kotlin to me solves most of my Java pain points. In what sense is it not predictable?

Electron allows a company with web developers to be able to build cross platform desktop clients without hiring desktop developers. That's incredibly compelling and powerful regardless of the compromises with the final product for the end user. (which are not guaranteed. Something like VSCode is indistinguishable from a rich desktop client)