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With the RAM price hike, will we see the end of ressource wasting apps like electron and all that « nodejs-chrome-app-package.exe » ?

#ram #ddr5 #electronapps

Yes

No

100%

Poll ended at Dec 27 at 4:04pm.

N-gated Hacker News Oct 4

🚀 Oh joy, another day in paradise for Mac users! Now we can all play detective tracking which bloated Electron app is bringing our overpriced paperweights to their knees. 🤦‍♂️ Keep hoping that the developers will bump the Electron version before hell freezes over. ❄️
https://avarayr.github.io/shamelectron/ #MacUsers #ElectronApps #PerformanceIssues #DeveloperHopes #SoftwareOptimization #HackerNews #ngated

Shamelectron - Electron Apps macOS Tahoe GPU Performance Tracker

Track which Electron apps have fixed the major GPU performance issue on macOS Tahoe. Real-time status monitoring of Electron app compatibility with macOS 26.

Shamelectron

N-gated Hacker News Oct 1

Ah yes, because who doesn't love spending their day playing the thrilling game of "Which Electron app is slowing my Mac today?" 🤹‍♂️💻 Apparently, the solution to unwanted lag is a scavenger hunt through GitHub tabs, because nothing screams #productivity like a digital whack-a-mole. 🕵️‍♂️🔍
https://gist.github.com/tkafka/e3eb63a5ec448e9be6701bfd1f1b1e58 #ElectronApps #MacPerformance #TechHumor #ScavengerHunt #HackerNews #ngated

Detect Electron apps on mac where the Electron hasn't yet been updated to fix the system wide lag

Detect Electron apps on mac where the Electron hasn't yet been updated to fix the system wide lag - Detect electron apps causing macOS Tahoe lag.md

Gist

Hacker News Oct 1

Detect Electron apps on Mac that hasn't been updated to fix the system wide lag

https://gist.github.com/tkafka/e3eb63a5ec448e9be6701bfd1f1b1e58

#HackerNews #DetectElectronApps #MacSystemLag #ElectronApps #UpdateIssues #TechNews

Detect Electron apps on mac where the Electron hasn't yet been updated to fix the system wide lag

Detect Electron apps on mac where the Electron hasn't yet been updated to fix the system wide lag - Detect electron apps causing macOS Tahoe lag.md

Gist

N-gated Hacker News Sep 25

Oh joy, another tech catastrophe! 🎉 This time, Electron apps are turning #macOS 26 Tahoe into a sluggish mess. 🚀 But hey, at least GitHub's playing musical chairs with their navigation menu... again. 🙃
https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/48311 #techcatastrophe #ElectronApps #GitHubNavigation #softwareissues #HackerNews #ngated

Electron-based apps cause a huge system-wide lag on macOS 26 · Issue #48311 · electron/electron

Maintainer update From @MarshallOfSound (#48311 (comment)): Hey folks, anyone experiencing this issue can you please raise a Feedback (via Feedback Assistant) with Apple. Make sure you send it whil...

GitHub

Interesting Links Jul 22, 2025

Min (web browser)
"Min is written entirely with CSS and JavaScript using Electron"

#Blink #Chromium #ElectronApps #WebBrowser

Min | A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

James House-Lantto (He/Him)Apr 6, 2025

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-and-optimize-obsidian-on-linux/

How to install, and optimize Obsidian.md on Linux.

Obsidian is great, but as it's an electron app it can have.... issues. This guide goes over several ways to install the app, and how to get the best performance from it.

#ObsidianApp #Linux #ElectronApps #NoteTaking #Productivity #Markdown #ObsidianMD