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The idea of single code base is false. It doesn't even save money nor time. You need more engineers to understand iOS, Android, and now insert single code base

The idea of single code base is false. It doesn't even save money nor time. You need more engineers to understand iOS, Android, and now insert single code base framework, not to mention more time solve framework specific issues. However, the buzzwords involved with such frameworks/tools are so attractive to non-technical management that they commit to it right from the start. Flutter doesn't even have a proper webview, and the amount of engineering time spent to build a flutter webview and maintain it blows my mind.

wahnfrieden 2y ago
Skip does save a tremendous amount of time! It has a proper webview across both platforms. There are two parts - that you can run SwiftUI on Android, and that you can run your Swift business logic & data on Android. You don't have to use the former to benefit from the latter per your concerns In 2025 it's very common to have common cores and per-platform UI, such as with Rust (which popular apps like Brave and Anki do). This is one way to do so, plus optionally (not necessarily!) using SwiftUI on Android. I don't think you can go to the Brave or Anki open source projects and tell them they would save time by deconstructing their Rust cores into platform-specific redundancies without being laughed out of the room. (I have no affiliation)
- hnlurker22 2y ago
  Common core single-codebase for business logic is different, that is actually useful. You can have a common core with native UI and native networking. However, it has its own pitfalls too. Some misguided people think that it's a good idea to write a Rust networking layer on iOS, which already has a mobile-optimized native network layer. Or write Android UI in Swift. Extremely costly on the long term because of all the problems involved with doing that. However, like I said, non-informed non-technical managers fall for what you did there, disguising common UI as common core, by using buzzwords and dropping names that you aren't even affiliated with
  - wahnfrieden 2y ago
    Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about except for old news and old experience (of things I’m also very familiar with) given specific errors in what you’ve said. I won’t elaborate for you given the dismissiveness. Bye
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wahnfrieden 2y ago

Skip does save a tremendous amount of time! It has a proper webview across both platforms. There are two parts - that you can run SwiftUI on Android, and that you can run your Swift business logic & data on Android. You don't have to use the former to benefit from the latter per your concerns In 2025 it's very common to have common cores and per-platform UI, such as with Rust (which popular apps like Brave and Anki do). This is one way to do so, plus optionally (not necessarily!) using SwiftUI on Android. I don't think you can go to the Brave or Anki open source projects and tell them they would save time by deconstructing their Rust cores into platform-specific redundancies without being laughed out of the room. (I have no affiliation)

hnlurker22 2y ago
Common core single-codebase for business logic is different, that is actually useful. You can have a common core with native UI and native networking. However, it has its own pitfalls too. Some misguided people think that it's a good idea to write a Rust networking layer on iOS, which already has a mobile-optimized native network layer. Or write Android UI in Swift. Extremely costly on the long term because of all the problems involved with doing that. However, like I said, non-informed non-technical managers fall for what you did there, disguising common UI as common core, by using buzzwords and dropping names that you aren't even affiliated with
- wahnfrieden 2y ago
  Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about except for old news and old experience (of things I’m also very familiar with) given specific errors in what you’ve said. I won’t elaborate for you given the dismissiveness. Bye
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