While we're on the subject, perhaps @paulg can explain how the Mighty "future of computing" differs even from the recent past of computing, namely Puffin Browser. It's the exact same product as Mighty, but it's been available for over a decade:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Browser …
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Replying to @cmuratori @paulg
Puffin is primarily focused on mobile where there are substantial limitations with completely different technology. We are focused on desktop + heavy web apps, not simple web pages. If you're genuinely curious vs argumentative, check out my post:https://blog.mightyapp.com/mightys-secret-plan-to-invent-the-future-of-computing/ …
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A) That article does not compare Mighty to Puffin at all, and B) Puffin runs web apps, has a desktop client, and in fact touted speeds _better_ than the browser (not "indistinguishable from") on JetStream, for example:https://cloudmosa.medium.com/meet-puffin-browser-the-fast-secure-web-browser-that-thinks-outside-the-box-bf928888bcce …
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They also tout all sorts of "high performance" and interactive applications of Puffin - like games:https://medium.com/hackernoon/mobile-gaming-lightning-fast-and-powerful-in-the-cloud-a58142b760fd …
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I assume - although I guess we'll see - that the reason they focus on mobile now is because nobody wanted this technology on desktop. Maybe the web wasn't bloated enough then, and you'll be helping them out by pumping a bunch of marketing into convincing people it is now.
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But none of that has anything to do with the gravamen of my original tweet, and both of you know it. My point is, this isn't the future. This is a band-aid on the present. If real performance-oriented programmers ever descended on the web, all of this nonsense would soon be over.
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I respectfully disagree and I still think my points are still valid.
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What is the "points" in that sentence? You only said one thing, which is that Puffin was "focused on mobile" and you were "focused on desktop". That's also not a technological difference - it's a marketing difference.
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If you'd like to post an article that explains in detail the technology differences between Mighty and Puffin, I'm happy to read it. As far as I can tell, the only difference today is that Puffin already basically failed, so if you want cloud browsing, Mighty is your only option.
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But again, that's a far cry from calling it "the future", unless Puffin was also "the future", which I suppose is possible, but for all our sakes, I hope we will achieve better than this.
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(and by Puffin "already failing" I mean, obviously it still exists, but due to it not succeeding in the market, I assume its performance today is probably quite poor, and that they do not have a high-capacity server deployment, etc.)
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"Horse manure crisis" is a very good way to describe Silicon Valley's vision of the future.
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