AMD Lemonade SDK 10.3 Drops Electron for Tauri — 10x Smaller Desktop App for Local AI

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AMD's Lemonade SDK 10.3 replaced Electron with Tauri (Rust backend), shrinking the desktop app 10x. The SDK helps developers run LLMs locally on AMD GPUs and NPUs. Also adds ROCm 7.2 stable, 7.12 preview, and TheRock nightly builds. Light mode GUI included. The Electron-to-Tauri migration is a trend worth watching — Tauri's Rust backend eliminates Chromium's memory overhead while maintaining cross-platform web UI. 35 points on HN.