Naro·6h agoDiscord’s 300 MB Rust Rewrite: Real Progress or Just a Promising Number?One tiny message, two very different foundations, and why a smaller memory number is only the beginning.
Vang Akara·2d agoDiscord Is Leaving Electron for Rust: What It Means for Desktop AppsDiscord is rebuilding its desktop app on a Rust UI engine and reworking mobile around a shared Rust core. Here is what is changing, why it…
Adar Sönmez·3d agoI Built the Same Desktop App Six Times. Here’s What Each Framework Really Costs.Electron, Tauri, Flutter, React Native for Windows, .NET MAUI and Blazor Hybrid: one 10,000-row app, one benchmark harness, every child…
F9XR Team·4d agoDiscord Drops Electron for Rust: Should You Follow?Discord is replacing Electron with a Rust and GPUI rebuild. See why it matters, what the 290MB RAM claim means, and whether your app should…
Felix Helleckes·6d agoMy live wallpaper used 3.4% CPU. The culprit was a blinking colon.I built a clock. Not just any clock: the LED world clock you see in airport lounges and on trading floors. A world map, 24 cities, real…
Ilja Krasnjanski·Nov 2How a Malicious VSIX Uses the Signed Editor RuntimeHow a fake Google Update Support extension installs collection components and turns the editor’s own Electron binary into a Node…
Emir Aras Koç·Oct 30How I Built RhemeSetup v2.1: An Open-Source Windows Optimization & Setup ToolBy Emir Aras Koç (rheme18)
Emir Aras Koç·Oct 30Streamlining Windows Setups: Why I Built an Open-Source Assistant with Electron and WingetEvery developer, system administrator, and power user knows the drill. You finish a clean Windows installation, and instead of diving…
I Plus T Solution·Oct 24Tauri vs Electron in 2026: Which Desktop Framework Should You Pick?Bundle size, memory, security model, WebView quirks and the Rust learning curve, compared honestly for teams choosing a desktop app…
Ishank choudhary·Oct 12I Pointed REA at a 100 MB Electron App. Here's What It Found and the Two Preload Files It Missed.A hands-on test of a 77k-star reverse-engineering MCP server: a 52-second scan, a toy app that checks its answers, and a 1.9 MB tool list.
