I keep wanting to do this my way but then get unironically frustrated when they don't. I want to make nice desktop applications for Elementary and some slick ones for my Pinephone but I feel dumb when I try. I don't feel the quick validation that I get when it comes to making things in a Web browser, which oddly agitates me because I see the "Web browser as an operating system" landscape to be a very confining one. Maybe this restriction is what gives me so much capability? With the plethora of examples that are quick to run in the browser, is easier than downloading the sources of an app and hoping it builds locally?