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How Boom Brings Impact to Screen Recording Using Electron
Overview
Boom is a screen recording tool built to eliminate the common friction points found in similar products. With a focus on simplicity, speed, and accessibility, Boom enables users to record, edit, and instantly share their screens all without signups, installations, or paywalls. When the creators of Boom approached us at Capital Compute, they had a clear product vision but needed a reliable and experienced technical partner to bring it to life. Our role was to translate that clarity into a real-world, high-performing application built using Electron and designed to feel native across platforms.
Challenges
Most screen recorders in the market today have evolved into bloated platforms filled with features the average user never needs. This complexity often results in friction, slower performance, and longer workflows for users who just want to record and share quickly.
Boom’s founders came to us with a different philosophy:
- No onboarding complexity
- No forced signups
- No unnecessary features
- No compromises on speed or performance
The challenge was to deliver this vision without sacrificing stability, cross-platform compatibility, or user experience.
What Capital Compute Delivered
As the exclusive tech partner on the project, Capital Compute led the development of Boom from the ground up. Our scope included:
- Product architecture & planning
- Cross-platform app development using Electron
- System-level integration for screen and audio recording
- Backend services for instant upload & link generation
- In-app editing tools (lightweight trimming)
- Comprehensive testing and deployment
We handled all the moving parts, from UX flows to backend logic, ensuring a smooth, cohesive experience for every user on any desktop OS.
Why We Used Electron
Boom needed to be accessible across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Electron was the ideal choice for delivering a unified experience with minimal overhead but we knew that Electron apps can be perceived as heavy or sluggish.
To avoid that, we optimized every layer:
- Lightweight startup
- GPU acceleration for smoother rendering
- Reduced memory footprint
- Native-feeling UI transitions
- Fast integration with system recording APIs
By tuning Electron to its leanest configuration, we were able to deliver the speed and responsiveness users expect from native apps without the complexity of building and maintaining three separate codebases.
Building the Core Experience
The entire product revolved around simplicity and speed. That meant removing distractions, avoiding unnecessary flows, and streamlining every action.
We focused on building a user journey that looked like this:
Open Boom → Click record → Do your work → Edit → Share instantly
To achieve this:
- We built a clean interface with only the essentials: record, edit, and share.
- We added in-app editing so users could remove awkward pauses without needing a separate tool.
- We created instant upload + link generation with secure shareable URLs.
- We implemented short-lived token logic to ensure uploads remain secure without user authentication.
We stress-tested the app across devices to maintain performance consistency across platforms.
Key Features Developed
- One-click screen recording
- Quick trim editor within the app
- Instant upload + secure sharing link
- Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- Optimized performance with Electron
Everything was custom-built to prioritize speed, accessibility, and clarity, not feature stacking.
Solving Real Engineering Challenges
Boom was a deceptively simple product but making it that seamless required solving several deep technical problems:
- Handling native permissions for screen and audio capture across platforms
- Balancing Electron’s flexibility with the need for performance
- Ensuring video upload security without user authentication
- Creating a truly zero-friction experience from launch to share
Each challenge demanded a careful balance between engineering efficiency and user-centric thinking.
Results
By working in close collaboration with the Boom team, we delivered a product that now competes effectively in a highly mature market by doing less, better.
- Deployed to thousands of users across multiple OS platforms
- Average time from open to share: under 1 minute
- Positive early feedback praising simplicity and speed
- High repeat usage due to low-friction UX
Boom is a strong example of how thoughtful product strategy combined with efficient engineering can create meaningful tools even in saturated categories.
Our Approach at Capital Compute
At Capital Compute, we treat each product like our own. Whether it’s a fresh idea or an enterprise-scale tool, we build with
Clarity-first thinking
Lean, stable, scalable code
Partnership-driven collaboration
Cross-platform performance
We don’t just ship code. We engineer software that feels right and is also clean, fast, reliable, and user-focused.
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If you’re a founder, creator, or business looking to bring a digital product to life, whether it’s a utility like Boom or something far more complex, we’re ready to help.
Let’s build something users actually enjoy using.
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