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Since the app already bundles web views and resources, I'm curious to hear if they considered making it an Electron app, and if they did - why they decided to go with multiple native apps instead.

(I realize at least the OSX version probably predates Electron, still might have paid off to completely rewrite.)

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That is something that we've considered. Both Mac and Windows clients predate Electron (but maybe not the initial versions of Atom).

Rewriting from scratch in an unfamiliar environment would have taken a lot more work. There are tradeoffs to both approaches, but using the existing native apps let us ship a less buggy release more quickly.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

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