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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…

medium.com

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…

techcrunch.com

Google takes a new approach to native apps with Instant Apps for Android | TechCrunch

Mobile apps often provide a better user experience than browser-based web apps, but you first have to find them, download them, and then try not to forget

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chriscoyier.net

What does it look like for the web to lose?

There is always some degree of tension between “native apps” and “the web” as platforms. If you’re going to write a native app for Android devices, well, I’ll qu…

taoofmac.com

Native Development

I’ve been on a long-term quest to find a simple, fast, and user-friendly way to develop native applications for a variety of platforms, and this page holds ...

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marcobambini.substack.com

Why Local-First Apps Haven’t Become Popular?

Offline-first apps promise instant loading and privacy, but in practice, very few apps get offline support because getting sync right is surprisingly hard.

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blog.intercom.com

Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile - The Intercom Blog

Proclamations of an all-native mobile app world ignore the fact that browsers and the web are fast becoming the mobile operating system of the future.

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domenic.me

Windows Native App Development Is a Mess

I tried to build a Windows native app using Microsoft's latest technologies. Now I understand why everyone builds Electron apps.

open-web-advocacy.org

SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy

TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.

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github.com

nativefier/nativefier

Make any web page a desktop application

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shopify.engineering

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.

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alistapart.com

Designing Offline-First Web Apps

We assume our users are like us—with the latest devices, the most recent software, and the fastest connections. And while we may maintain a veritable zoo of older devices and browsers for testing, …

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privacytests.org

Which browsers are best for privacy?

An open-source privacy audit of popular web browsers.

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12daysofweb.dev

HTML Dialog | 12 Days of Web

Native dialogs became cross-browser as of March 2022. Review how to use and customize dialogs and about accessibility considerations.