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by pjfin123 494 days ago
Blow's talk made me realize I'm not crazy when I get frustrated about basic things being incredibly difficult. Drawing a button to the screen when you want to build a software application has become so difficult that most people just use a progressive web app which is 100x slower than is possible. Are the best options for GUI applications in 2025 really Java Swing and Qt?
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Putting pixels on the screen isn't difficult. Putting them on a screen across hardware in a performant manner is the difficult part because it is difficult.