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		WhereIsTheTruth 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Ru... > For extensions, the choice was either TypeScript (and get this bloat) or go with Lua and a much smaller binary (but less popular language). Incredible, the technical choice got overridden by popularity, leading straight to bloat

_sinelaw_ 2 days ago [–]

I see extension language choice as a user-facing UX decision, and convenience is a leading concern.

WhereIsTheTruth 2 days ago | [–]

I'd argue using lua is is more convenient than typescript

What ever suits you, you didn't mind shipping a 400mb executable after all, so what do i know

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