Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM

	Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM(theverge.com)
	482 points by archb 6 days ago \| 418 comments
	tl;dr: Discord is replacing its Electron-based desktop app with one built in Rust, citing significant memory improvements—CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy showed the Windows client using just 290MB of RAM versus the 1GB+ often seen today. React Native is also being dropped, with mobile keeping native UI while sharing app code with desktop via Rust. A user testing release is expected soon, though no firm launch date was given.
	HN Discussion: •Curious about technical details like which GUI framework (GPUI) is being used ~Skeptical of chained CSS-like syntax in GPUI as an ugly API ~Concerned the rewrite is AI-driven, leaving no humans who understand the code ↑Enthusiastically celebrates ditching Electron for massive RAM and performance gains ↓Dismisses the change as unnecessary since Electron performance was fine; real issues are UX bloat