A cute gag. Seems its every response is sarcastic. Good sarcasm is delivered in doses. The best sarcasm is delivered when you didn't expect it.
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sltr commented on Ask HN: What toolchains are people using for desktop app development in 2025? · Posted by u/lincoln20xx
On my projects [1][2], I use C# and Avalonia with Rider or Visual Studio. For extra performance, turn on AOT, which has the nice side-effect of making reversing your app to C# impossible.
I worked in WPF for a decade. I wouldn't go with it for a new project since it's Windows-only and doesn't support AOT.
At work we have a Blazor MAUI hybrid desktop app because it also has to run on the web. If we only needed a desktop app, I'd go with Avalonia.
[1] https://linklever.net/ [2] https://github.com/endurabyte/FitEdit
sltr commented on "This question has been retired" learn.microsoft.com/en-us... · Posted by u/1970-01-01
sltr commented on "This question has been retired" learn.microsoft.com/en-us... · Posted by u/1970-01-01
What was the question?
sltr commented on SimpleW – Web Server Library .NET Core github.com/stratdev3/Simp... · Posted by u/prodbro
Enable trimming
Simple claim with a complex story.
I thought about mentioning AOT and trimming, but my comment was already long.
AOT in ASP.NET is still a moonshot in most cases, and a non-starter in existing web apps due to dependencies not supporting AOT.
Worth mentioning that as of .NET 9 AOT is not supported on Android.
sltr commented on SimpleW – Web Server Library .NET Core github.com/stratdev3/Simp... · Posted by u/prodbro
But why?
ASP.NET Core is one of the best web frameworks, extremely modular and flexible. It's low level components (http server, routing) can be used as a foundation for new web frameworks.
The library's tagline says "Powerfully Simple. Blazingly Fast." So there. ::folds arms::
Joking aside, I do agree that ASP.NET Core is a behemoth. On .NET 9, I just now did `dotnet new webapi` followed by `dotnet publish --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true` and the binary is 103MB. That would blow up the size of a mobile app considerably, just to listen to HTTP.
There a separate use case that SimpleW won't solve: When you're on a platform that .NET Core doesn't support, like Raspberry Pi Zero (armv7l). In this case all you have is the mono framework and binding to raw ports.
sltr commented on AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why johnwhiles.com/posts/ment... · Posted by u/jwhiles
A couple of months ago I put forth Naur's program theory as an argument why LLM's can't replace human developers:
> LLMs as they currently exist cannot master a theory, design, or mental construct because they don't remember beyond their context window. Only humans can can gain and retain program theory.
How are you expecting to run an entity with developers, support, and operations without any leadership?
I don't know if you have ever worked in a larger team that lacked someone to make decisions, take responsibility and set a strategy, but in my experience that is almost always a disaster.
They wrote "pad the CEO salary", not "support any leadership"
Compare to Torvalds. You may or may not like his leadership, but nobody feels sour about his salary.
Love your neighbor as yourself.