There is no long-term vision. The people managing Delphi are all nearing retirement. They are simply trying to keep it going long enough so they can retire without having to learn Java or TypeScript.
Sometimes I fantasize about switching back to native Delphi Win64 desktop development.
As a user, I still prefer those applications over anything else, especially when it comes to software I have to work with daily.
Both Java and .NET have always had this annoying lag, when it comes to desktop software. And don't get me started on SPAs.
In my current job, I'm working on a SPA application for a customer where individual users would be served much better by a native app. But deploying the thing in a cooperate environment would be a nightmare.
The problem is that there are so many people involved in software development who have never developed anything but still somehow are in the position to manage others who do.
That's why there are so many stupid ideas floating around.
The last one from Scott Meyers was the final nail in the coffin for me. The chapter about auto and template parameter deduction specifically. Since then, I've been happy with Golang and Java.
Just gave the Qt6 version a try on Kubuntu. It's incredible how performant it feels compared to DBeaver and pgAdmin.
The UI is kind of ugly in a few places and having the select right below the empty table command seems a little risky. But man, the speed just rocks.
20 years ago I worked on some Delphi projects, but then suddenly everything had to run in the browser. Now I'm a Spring Boot guy, but I really would like to write some decent cross platform desktop software again.
They could improve it by just rewriting it in C++. Since 1998 or so people insist on Java being fast enough, but to this day I've yet to see a decent Java client application.
Speaking of Delphi - they should just buy Embarcadero and make Delphi and CppBuilder available for small money. That way they might get more and better apps for their platform again.
