If the front-end build is the key sticking point, then I think there's hope, in at least 2 dimensions: first, people SHOULD mockup their apps using static HTML

If the front-end build is the key sticking point, then I think there's hope, in at least 2 dimensions: first, people SHOULD mockup their apps using static HTML - is a best practice that has for some reason gone out of favor, but it will come back. Second, native modules are new, but I think they will play a BIG part in eliminating the front-end build nonsense that has saddled the web dev community for too long.