Commit Log
medium.com/commitlog · Company blog · on HN since 2018
Commit Log is a Medium publication with opinionated posts on web design, Node.js, Electron, TypeScript, and programming history.
What HN saysHN mostly links its 'Electron is cancer' post in arguments over Electron's slowness, memory use, and security compared with native apps.
27HN people shared it
6linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1How to Design for the Modern Web7 people · 244 points · first shared 2018 · 93 comments on HN
- 2The Node.js Ecosystem Is Chaotic and Insecure5 people · 15 points · first shared 2018 · 2 comments on HN
- 3Electron is cancer b066108e6c325 people · first shared 2018
- 4How to Design for the Modern Web2 people · 44 points · first shared 2018 · 20 comments on HN
- 5How to Design for the Modern Web [satire]2 people · 7 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 6A Step Towards Compiling TypeScript to Native2 people · 6 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 7Why Dark Gray Is Brighter Than Gray in CSS2 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 8A Brief Accurate History of Programming Languages2 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 9How to Design for the Web in 20191 people · 199 points · first shared 2019 · 95 comments on HN
- 10Why Dark Gray Is Brighter Than Gray in CSS1 people · 89 points · first shared 2019 · 18 comments on HN
- 11Hello WeAssembly1 people · 5 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12“Research shows that modals that cannot be closed have the best conversion rate”1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 13Remembering the Creator of Steve Jobs, Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · 2 comments on HN
- 14Don’t Just Contribute to Open Source, Participate1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 15Hello Go1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
Sad90sNerd · 2022-12-16
RIP - I hope the rest of the Javascript/ECMA script/Elektron/Webapp/web-desktop-app programs all fail due to their slow Node.js nature.
https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32
Muuuuhahahahah. Come get me BAATMAN
0xDEEPFAC · 2020-06-25
Write once, run poorly everywhere. It's a lazy programmer's dream ; )
https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32
pooya72 · 2019-04-13
I know some people think Electron is cancer[1], but it is the fastest way to write cross-platform applications. I've been trying to learn to make apps for macOS, and it feels like even Apple doesn't want me write apps for the Mac.
[1]:https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32
Not_a_pizza · 2019-04-11
Have you considered the security and memory footprint implications of using electron? I totally carry your base concern for making this, but electron would not generally my first choice for making most apps.
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-6765/product_i…
https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32
exitcode00 · 2018-12-21
It doesn't take that advanced of a programmer to know that a simple chat client like discord or slack should not take seconds (on the order of 5 to 6) to load! We are running super computers here!
https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32
caspervonb · 2018-09-26
Been a partner for about a year now, which pays you an undisclosed cut of the members fee from those that engage with your content (meaning claps).
Mine is about, uhm, me being a disillusioned 30 year old developer hating how things are done now? Rants like this https://medium.com/commitlog/how-to-design-for-the-modern-web-52eaa926… tend to alright.
Throwing in an amazon link when its appropriate, or funny in the above case doesn't hurt either. Kinda got an on-going thing with always pushing K&R books.