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		drdeca on Dec 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Atom was archived today “ because browsers change over time and electron helps you get a working offline snapshot of something you created.” If the browsers change in a way that makes the website not work, the electron application will still work.

csande17 on Dec 16, 2022 [–]

This makes sense from the perspective of the individual developer, but it's also a sad reflection of the sorry state of technology that the only way to be sure a website will work in 5 years is by shipping your own copy of the browser.

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