Shopify shifts mobile apps from React Native to Swift and Kotlin

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In the face of recent announcements by companies like Shopify and Discord moving major mobile applications away from React Native toward native tools and Rust, the author argues that React Native remains a viable and robust option for developers. The author contends that the rapid rise of AI coding agents is shifting the value of development from mastering specific frameworks to understanding underlying architecture and crafting native user experiences. Open article →