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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native by atonse on Thursday September 10, 2026 @12:14PM (#49646197)
I wrote every single line of the react native app we ported, and maintained it for 9 years. So suffice to say, I'm familiar with the code.

But I am going to always prioritize the user experience over a developer (like myself)'s need for satisfaction to see code. And a pure native app is _always_ going to behave better than react native.

This gives me a chance to do that.

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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native by kajman on Thursday September 10, 2026 @01:10PM (#49647083)
> And a pure native app is _always_ going to behave better than react native.

Maybe iOS is better about consistency, but I've used enough horribly made Android apps that I would not expect one that's vibe coded to behave better than a professionally made react native version.

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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native by atonse on Thursday September 10, 2026 @01:34PM (#49647471)
Maybe. Android might still be a mess, fair point.
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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native by myko on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:50AM (#49656242)
I would if it were based on the RN version. RN is kind of okay on iOS, but really shitty on Android. Would be difficult to be _worse_.

That said, I do recommend reading the code the LLM produces whether you understand the language or not. What better time to learn?

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Re:Shopify moves back to Native from React Native by leptons on Thursday September 10, 2026 @07:55PM (#49651731)
>So suffice to say, I'm familiar with the code.

You are familiar with the React Native code, you are not familiar with the Swift or Kotlin code, and likely nobody on your team is, since the AI wrote all of it for you.

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