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by m-schuetz 1 day ago
They may care, however, if they get anything at all. I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms, so the alternative wouldn't be "Users get UI targeted towards their OS", the alternative would be "Users get nothing since developers don't have the time to also target their system".
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jorisw 23 hours ago
> I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms

Some speculate that agentic engineering will enable the return of native apps

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skydhash 19 hours ago
> I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms

What resources is actually needed? More often than not it just requires good engineering. You do not have to duplicate everything across platforms.

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m-schuetz 18 hours ago
Time. I have the time to maintain a single GUI. I do not have the time to maintain three GUIs. Of course they'll be 99% the same, but checking that this 1% difference behaves and looks fine accross systems adds a substantial amount of effort that I simply can not support. And for what exacatly? I want them to be identical accross systems, not different.
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skydhash 18 hours ago
> And for what exacatly? I want them to be identical accross systems, not different

For your users. Engineering is about designing things for the convenience of the builder, but for the convenience of the user.

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