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simonhamptoday at 5:30 PM1 replyview on HN

As the builder of a post-AI, cross-platform native app building framework like React Native, I 100% believe this to be a backwards move.

I've written up a load of thoughts about that here[1], but in summary for the Shopify case, they're basically going to be spending a ton more than they have to by switching back to multiple apps and I'd predict another swing back to better cross-platform tooling in the coming years.

[1]: https://nativephp.com/blog/why-not-write-it-twice


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IshKebabtoday at 5:44 PM

> they're basically going to be spending a ton more than they have to by switching back to multiple apps

A ton more what? Money? AI costs are insignificant to a company like Spotify. Hell I've been using Astra fairly extensively at work and I've only racked up like $500 in the last month. Peanuts.

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