[–] 3 points 5 months ago

HTML5 is a beast of a spec. Like, if properly used it is enough to make a functional UI with modal and tooltips and whatnot. This is what makes it popular for not just "web" application IMHO because you then no longer need to learn yet another DSL for UI (electron, react native, capacitor js, expo)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    No, there's a clear distinction between a native application and a website. I could go on and on about my hate for native app and it's difficulty to develop for more than one platform, but the point is only SOME apps needs to be native IMHO. Apps like CAD, multimedia editor and player, server application, and developer toolchain. Something like instant messaging, video conference, multimedia streaming, forum can be a web app.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Well yes, the problem is always communication and clear labeling on ANYTHING. Even food and beverage packaging got regulated to a degree that may be annoying to a layman. Doing something without context in the open WILL cause people to speculate. Imagine if you didn't see a sign about road work ahead and the traffic slows to a crawl. Would you think there is an accident? Or vice versa. So clear labeling about it being an experiment is a good idea from the start for any project IF AND ONLY IF the developer cares.

    I for example didn't care if my FOSS library got used. I don't care if people criticize my language of choice or my code style. I license my stuff in MIT precisely because I couldn't care less about anything my software that I decided to be opened is doing. My open source model is I work for my own use case. I will not consider other use cases. It may contain vulnerability with certain configurations, so be it as long as I don't use those configurations. I will fix it if I feel like it. We need to normalize open source as an individual pet project again. If people depend on said pet project, that's on them, not the maintainer.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    The author just push LLM nonsense. PWA's are great for field app where internet is scarce and without the need to rely on google to keep side loading possible. Not to mention the nightmare if you even want to deploy the side loaded app to a fleet of phone without needing to use google play store to publish it as an internal app.

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