Developer Reflects on Building Electrobun v1: A TypeScript Desktop App Framework
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The article is a personal reflection by a developer who spent two years building Electrobun v1, a desktop app framework for creating ultra-fast, tiny, cross-platform desktop applications using TypeScript. The developer shares their programming journey from Visual Basic 6 and Adobe AIR to modern development, explaining their motivation for creating this framework based on their experience building desktop apps for startups over 20+ years.
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Two years ago I paused co(lab) to build the desktop app framework I wished existed.
My intro to programming was Visual Basic 6 in the early 2000s, building desktop apps.
Then Adobe AIR changed my life—I built a few startups and shipped desktop apps to thousands of people.
Fast forward 20+ years of zero-to-one work at startups, building...
Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with TypeScript.
