Shopify moves back to Native from React Native

Shopify is switching its mobile apps from React Native back to native development with Swift and Kotlin, reversing a 2020 decision, because advances in AI coding models have dramatically reduced the cost of building features twice. The company found that large language models can now efficiently handle cross-platform development tasks like implementing features on both iOS and Android, eliminating the primary advantage React Native once provided. This shift demonstrates how significant technological changes can warrant reconsidering previous architectural decisions.