> they're basically going to be spending a ton more than they have to by switching back to multiple apps

A ton more what? Money? AI costs are insignificant to a company like Spotify. Hell I've been using Astra fairly extensively at work and I've only racked up like $500 in the last month. Peanuts.

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simonhamp a day ago | parent [-]

More code means more people. That's not peanuts

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IshKebab a day ago | parent [-]

The whole point of this article is that it doesn't. Or at least for the same number of people you can now have way more code.

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simonhamp 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Is more code the right goal?

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IshKebab 11 hours ago | parent [-]

No. The point is that the goal (slick native apps) isn't blocked by the fact that it needs more code.

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simonhamp 8 hours ago | parent [-]

But if you could get slick native mobile apps with less code (i.e. higher quality abstractions), that would be better

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IshKebab 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Well yes, but if you want native apps there's no getting around making two apps.

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simonhamp 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You need to check out what we've been building with SuperNative - it's one codebase, but you end up with two truly native apps.

	▲	IshKebab 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sounds like the wxWidgets approach. I've never seen it work, but good luck. Hard pass on the PHP though!