Do you really need a 400MB desktop app just to format JSON or calculate a CIDR subnet?
For small developer utilities, I’ve started questioning the need for Electron-style desktop wrappers. You’re often shipping a Chromium runtime and Node environment alongside an application that could run perfectly well in the browser.
PWAs offer a different approach.
They can be installed like desktop apps, open in their own window, work offline through Service Workers, and use the browser runtime that's already on the machine.
For lightweight utilities, that can be a surprisingly good middle ground between a website and a traditional desktop application.
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