is this available in text form?

Probably Emacs. /j

I didn’t see what c this was, and I was all set to say “Brother multifunction b/w laser printer”, along with some colored copy paper and a long stapler that can reach the middle of a page. Everything you need to make some bitchin zines.

Why is this in c/Technology?

Starting anything from scratch is a huge risk these days. At best you’ll have something like the python 2 -> 3 rewrite overhaul (leaving scraps of legacy code all over the place), at worst you’ll have something like gnome/kde (where the community schisms rather than adopting a new standard). I would say that most of the time, there are only two ways to get a new standard to reach mass adoption.

1. Retrofit everything. Extend old APIs where possible. Build your new layer on top of https, or javascript, or ascii, or something else that already has widespread adoption. Make a clear upgrade path for old users, but maintain compatibility for as long as possible.

2. Buy 99% of the market and declare yourself king (cough cough chromium).

If you’re gonna dismiss it like that then I’d love to hear what your pain points are. What’s so bad about containers for multi-platform applications?

Does anyone know what text editor that is in the screenshot? Looks like vscode but less bloaty? I’m interested.