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Five years of React Native at Shopify

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324 points onnnon | 1 comments | 13 Jan 25 22:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.573s | source
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humptybumpty ◴[16 Jan 25 20:20 UTC] No.42730376[source]▶
The quality standards are so low… half a second to switch screens is ok? Jesus!

Apple just keeps making billions and billions by focusing on UX, when other ”tech” companies are satisfied with this garbage.

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Twirrim ◴[17 Jan 25 00:24 UTC] No.42732682[source]▶
Agreed. The web driven enshittification of everything continues. It doesn't have to be this way. It really doesn't.

If what you're using makes it this way, maybe stop using it? Stop drinking the kool-aid, get over your sunk cost fallacy and start thinking about what your end user experience should be, and work backwards from there, making decisions that guarantee you hit it. Don't choose the language or tool first and leave yourself constrained to only what is possible in it.

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1. eviks ◴[17 Jan 25 17:57 UTC] No.42741201[source]▶
The sunk cost fallacy in this case would've prevented the switch from native. And what's worse is they've thought about user experience, "just" set the bar for it too low