Long time lurker, but I get so much value from this community and wish everyone well for the year ahead!

I hope that Photopea (browser-based Photoshop) can gain traction to break that dependency.

I know the evidence is that plenty of people are totally happy with applications running in a browser -- Office Online, Google Sheets, etc. are compelling evidence -- but I strongly prefer dedicated and native applications for something I'll be spending a lot of time using.

I'm not even necessarily blaming this on the performance difference, although that is a pertinent topic, but just the mental structure of something I'm using living in a browser tab rather than actually running on the computer.

Installable web apps would give you a workaround for that wouldn’t it?

They are still bound by the constraints of the Web.

For example WebGL 2.0 (2009 hardware), WebGPU (2015 hardware), any GPU capabilities after 2015? You ain't going to get them.

> Each web framework squarely fits somewhere on that line. React, the most popular front-end web framework out there, is wholly client-side.

Might need to check again! :)

I died from infections, but at least I was a rich man.

Reminds me of reading Stephen King's twin novels Desperation and The Regulators, were the same cast of the same town endured two parallel paranormal storylines. Recommended read to inspire your concept!

The Inertia Variations is fantastically uninspiring.

Incredible album

Longtime lurker, but thanks to everyone. I get so much value and enjoyment from this community.

SummoningSalt's material is always reliably great.

Would love to read the Director's Cut for more behind-the-scenes on storage, caching, infrastructure!