Swift 6.2 WebAssembly Revolution: Redefining Platform Boundaries

The mobile development landscape has witnessed numerous paradigm shifts, but few have been as...

Josh Miller on Twitter / X

Another @browsercompany update for the Swift folks...While developing Dia, we continued to invest in Swift on Windows & Android (thanks to @compnerd & team). More on Dia for Windows soon (we learned a lot of lessons from Arc). But lots of exciting progress in recent months: pic.twitter.com/d96qhDd0FA— Josh Miller (@joshm) June 11, 2025

Why Native Apps Really are Doomed: Native Apps are Doomed pt 2

I recently wrote an article called “Native Apps are Doomed.” I was surprised at how many people were defending native apps. In all honesty…

Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify

Coding agents changed what it costs to build mobile apps twice. Here’s why Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin.

Native Apps are Doomed

From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…

Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

Monday of last week I was all excited. I had just gotten the green light to start prototyping a new Progressive Web App for a client I've been working with.

Sustainable Indie Software — Helftone

We have seen a large shift in the app economy over the past 7 years which has had a huge impact on indie software. In many ways, we have regressed to state which is simply unsustainable in the long term. If you only look at the highly publicised successes, you might assume independent developers are rolling in cash. Do not be fooled, the situation on the ground, especially on iOS, is actually very different – many indies are struggling to make a living.

Why Apple and Google are struggling to design simple software

Is Apple losing its crown as the champion of simplicity? Maybe. But for a very good reason.

I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance | Loren Stewart

I needed to choose a framework for a mobile-first app at work. I started comparing Next.js, SolidStart, and SvelteKit, then expanded to 10 frameworks. The measurements revealed dramatic differences in bundle sizes, performance, and the real cost of framework choices.

Announcing the Swift SDK for Android

Swift has matured significantly over the past decade — extending from cloud services to Windows applications, browser apps, and microcontrollers. Swift powers apps and services of all kinds, and thanks to its great interoperability, you can share code across platforms.

Swift.org

Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

Column: Apple takes its eye off the ball: Why Apple fans are really coming to hate Apple software

There always have been two great virtues in Apple's policy of keeping the development of hardware and core software in-house: their seamless integration with each other and their quality.

Evolving App Store Business Models - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer

I’ve been thinking this past week (as I often do) about the ever-changing landscape of the App Store. This year has seen some of the biggest changes in policy and structure that I can remember. We have new subscription pricing models, search ads, a substantial purge of older apps, new requirements for app names and a variety of little changes to the App Store app itself in iOS 10.