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		da_chicken 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Less is safer: Reducing the risk of supply chain a... No, it's not really an issue. GitHub and VS Code are also Electron apps. So are Slack and Discord. Postman is, as well. I'd also be forced to ask... what exactly are you doing with a markdown note-taking application such that performance is a legitimate concern? But, I mean, maybe you're reading this in a Lynx session on your ThinkPad 701C.

eviks 33 days ago [–]

> what exactly are you doing with a markdown note-taking application such that performance is a legitimate concern?

Launching it and expecting a fast startup.

Jaxan 32 days ago | [–]

That’s a reason I moved away from Notion. The startup is so terribly slow (perhaps because it’s updating too often?).

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