Nikita Prokopov
Programmer and designer who writes at tonsky.me; author of Fira Code, DataScript and AnyBar.
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Their wordsUsers can't see the code, so UI is the only way for them to judge the quality of the app. If UI looks good, that means developers had time to polish it, which means that they probably spent a comparable amount of time to iron out the code.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsNative 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.
↗Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost nativetonsky.me 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThese days, though, native is as bad as the web, if not worse.
↗Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost nativetonsky.me 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe real problem is a lack of care. And the slop; you can build it with any stack.
↗Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost nativetonsky.me 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 7 weeks earlier
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Our reading
Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.
Their wordsLocal-first is not going to win, but that's okay We'll explore the complexities of traditional stack (db-server-frontend), develop a theory of software evolution: which systems succeed and why.
↗Podcast: На Маке нет никаких шкафов @ Думаем дальшеtonsky.me 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsCommunication between frontend and backend should be handled by database
↗Podcast: На Маке нет никаких шкафов @ Думаем дальшеtonsky.me 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsКомпьютеры стали бытовым прибором, начать программировать легче, чем когда-либо, сложнейшие вещи делаются просто и даже тривиально, написаны горы готового кода. К сожалению, у этого есть и обратная сторона - программы становятся большими, медленными, неуправляемыми, непонимаемыми.
↗Podcast: На Маке нет никаких шкафов @ Думаем дальшеtonsky.me 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 10 days earlier
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Their wordsTo stand out, things need to be different. But if everything has an icon, nothing stands out.
↗It’s hard to justify Tahoe iconstonsky.me 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIt's delusional to think that there's a good icon for every action if you think hard enough. There isn't.
↗It’s hard to justify Tahoe iconstonsky.me 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut the principles-as long as they are good principles-still apply, because they are based on how humans work, not how computers work.
↗It’s hard to justify Tahoe iconstonsky.me 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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Our reading
Raw pageview or reader counts are not actionable information for a writer's editorial decisions.
Their wordsanalytics is not actionable: what difference does it make if a thousand people saw my article or ten thousand?
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Their wordsI mean, sure, you might try to guess people's tastes and only write about what's popular, but that will destroy your soul pretty quickly.