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I imagine because go compiles to an actual native binary, whilst electron wraps a browser and a chunk of JavaScript in a zip file.

You can’t really say “go gets away with it” as though these languages are doing the same thing.

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You're right. My observation was just that the discussions often don't go much deeper than "look at this big binary", so I was surprised to find none of that here.

I can't say I've personally ever seen binary size explicitly called out in an Electron slating thread. It's usually memory usage on a typical 8-16GB laptop, or battery drain in the cases of frivolous animated bells and whistles.

That's just my anecdata

The next time you notice a particular clichéd complaint missing from a thread, it might be better to not comment on its absence unless you actually want to have the same discussion all over again.

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