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Shopify is moving its mobile apps from React Native back to separate Swift and Kotlin codebases, according to Simon Willison’s summary of the company’s explanation.
Why it mattersThe twist is that coding agents can now handle enough implementation, translation, testing and review work to make maintaining two native platforms less of a deal-breaker. It is a striking sign that AI-assisted engineering may be changing architecture decisions, not just speeding up individual tickets.
Discuss: Are coding agents now good enough to make separate native codebases the sensible choice again?
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