Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

Post by Shitty-kitty » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC

sfn42 wrote: post #142

kelnos wrote: post #81

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> I think people in the tech community have probably also noticed that it's rather popular to have an absolute opinion on the goodness or badness of these tools. I don't think that's necessarily true. Nuance is a thing. These tools are bad, objectively! They give inferior user experiences, and waste resources (ever more important now with RAM prices what they are). But that doesn't mean I can't understand or even agr…

I don't have any actual experience with React Native and Electron, but with that caveat out of the way I personally think tools get far too much blame that should be on developers. For an example that I actually have experience with, React very frequently gets criticized for being slow, heavy etc. React is not slow. I can make (have made) fast and snappy websites in react. React can render at more than 60fps if neces…

Post by nicce » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

Perz1val wrote: post #251

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> You just install it on your phone and use the app. Some people on the cybersecurity side are starting to cry....

Why? The api has to be secure. Mobile os keeps the app safe. Where is the attack surface?

Post by thisismyopinion » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC

Post by drdexebtjl » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC

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Are you saying you don’t trust ZDR claims from inference providers? They don’t care about your code. There’s more and better data on the public web.

Isn't ZDR only the case if you "opt out" through a setting? Lots of opportunities to make a mistake here, or for the LLM provider to play games. You could be unaware of the setting. The provider could reset the setting upon subscription lapse/renewal, application update, model release, etc. A developer could accidentally use their personal subscription (w/ setting on) on a work codebase. Also what's the timing on thi…

Post by nfw2 » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #41

Waterluvian wrote: post #28

If you put every company that needs/has an app on a spectrum, there is a line somewhere that roughly divides them into two groups: where Electron/React Native/etc. makes sense or not. It's just a normal engineering decision: solving problems given limited resources. Companies have different problems and different resources. I think people in the tech community have probably also noticed that it's rather popular to ha…

And the “makes sense or not” part can change based on a bunch of factors. It’s actually pretty common for a new company to start fully native (only iOS, few features, limited scope), then switch ro react native/electron (need to support more surfaces, features are being developed too quickly), then back to fully native (can afford individual dev teams for each platform).