alt Hacker NewsThey specifically say in the post how React Native was the correct decision and that it worked well for them.
Now it's a different situation as implementation has become incredibly cheap.
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myko • today at 10:57 AM
Yeah they do say that but as someone who has worked on native apps / RN for most of my career I think that is bullshit. They're not going to come out with a mea culpa owning that, this is as close as it gets.
nielsbot • today at 2:52 AM
> worked well for them
yeah because they don't care about a top notch user experience.
Not sure why someone would say it was a wrong decision. Why would they even need to do this if LLMs make coding easier. They are likely chasing the things I advocate for: direct access to latest APIs from each platform, platform specific UI, UI that behaves correctly on each platform without chasing down edge case solutions (also said as ui that looks and feels "right"), and a bonus of separate developer pool to hire from that knows the ins and outs of the platform without needing to hire a developer to know all three- react, iOS, and Android.