Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
by littlecranky67 on Thursday September 10, 2026 @11:43AM
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Same result here just using plain Opus 4.8+. I had a web ap with a PWA approach. Now I have an iOS app written in Swift/SwiftUI and an Android app in Kotlin in the appstores. I do not know how to code a single line of Swift or Kotlin. You just test the app and iterate with the AI over it until it is stable and does what it should.
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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
by prisonguard on Friday September 11, 2026 @05:33AM
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> I do not know how to code a single line of Swift or Kotlin
sounds like your app is nothing serious
Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
by littlecranky67 on Friday September 11, 2026 @08:10AM
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Why would you asume that, and how do you define serious? Ever since the iOS appstore presence I get more signups from organic app store searches + installs, which results to some percentage in new daily+monthly active users. Meaning: People use the native app and keep using it. That is how I would define have value, as it provides value to the users - else they wouldn't be using it.
Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
by zingar on Friday September 11, 2026 @11:32AM
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My main agentic coding side project is something that I can't justify paying the apple developer license for. If I was an Android person or I didn't have to pay the developer license, maybe I'd just go for it.
Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
by littlecranky67 on Saturday September 12, 2026 @03:38AM
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Android got wirse than Apple. It costs 25 dollar now to get ID verified (mandatory) and before you can publish in the Ply store you need 12 betatester that install the app from a special link - those testers must keep the app installed 14days. Only then will you become visible publicly in the play store.
So you end up paying people on Fiverr to do it which costs more than 99€