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That wasn't their initial product that I even paid for. Not that I minded, I actually liked their initial product until it got open sourced (but abandoned)
What was the initial product?
It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service. Congratulations to the Pixate team!
You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service. Congratulations to the Pixate team!
You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
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Is it using React Native?
No, the generated code uses the native frameworks on each platform. (We basically have separate back-ends for each supported platform: iOS, Android, Apple Watch.) It's "dependency-free" -- there's no intermediate runtime or framework involved. This keeps app sizes down, and also makes the generated UI code easier to integrate with programmers' workflows. We started on this a long time before React Native was announce…
It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service. Congratulations to the Pixate team!
You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service. Congratulations to the Pixate team!
You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it using React Native?
No, the generated code uses the native frameworks on each platform. (We basically have separate back-ends for each supported platform: iOS, Android, Apple Watch.) It's "dependency-free" -- there's no intermediate runtime or framework involved. This keeps app sizes down, and also makes the generated UI code easier to integrate with programmers' workflows. We started on this a long time before React Native was announce…
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
I mean, you could very well see this kind of company merge with people doing an advanced IDE, or even corporate frameworks.
Maybe they usually prefer to create commercial partnerships rather than merge shares.