I think there is. I would say the connection is not that electron didn't exist before, but that now that ram prices are high, an increase in the number of electron apps becomes a problem because of the ram usage. Not that the usage wasn't a problem before, but that more people are using even more electron apps now than ever, hence their "industry standard" comment.

[+] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

You aren't reading the meme correctly. It's not a connection, is a coincidence.

It just says a thing ,that uses 500 mb of ram per instance, had become an industry standard. That's the happy face. Hey I created a thing for myself but it got used so much it became a standard.

The second face is like oh shit, I did not make this efficient with its memory usage but now it's standard and ram prices are terrible so the thing that was sparking joy, is now kind of a problem because its flaws now actually matter

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do not see the causal connection you are seeing in the meme at all. I just see it pointing out that now is a particularly bad time for Electron apps to be so dominant, which is true.