- Anthropic's Claude desktop app for MacOS is built on Electron, which is criticized for not providing a native Mac experience.
- The article suggests that despite Anthropic's advancements in AI coding tools like Claude Code, the team chose Electron due to engineers' familiarity, particularly Felix Rieseberg, a key Electron developer.
- The post argues that Electron limits app functionality and performance, citing examples like Notion migrating to SwiftUI for better performance, and questions why Claude hasn't followed suit.