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Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native

Nikita Prokopov · 3 Mar 2026 · tonsky.me

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  1. Native APIs are terrible to use, and OS vendors use everything in their power to make you not want to develop native apps for their platform.
  2. These days, though, native is as bad as the web, if not worse.
  3. The real problem is a lack of care. And the slop; you can build it with any stack.