project

react-native-skia

Open-source library that brings the Skia 2D graphics engine to React Native.

Known aliases

React Native Skia
@shopify/react-native-skia

Relationships

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Current clusters

build1 publisher

Shopify drops React Native for Swift and Kotlin across every app

Shopify is moving every one of its apps off React Native to native Swift and Kotlin, and rebuilt its Shop app that way in 12 weeks. The switch leaves three Shopify-maintained React Native libraries, including the widely used FlashList, archived or without a maintainer.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption63
Hype gap+14
Incentives55
Confidence42

build5 publishers

Shopify's Helix feeds its native rewrite to agents one screen at a time

Six engineers shipped a fully native Shop app in 12 weeks, but the first attempt at handing the React Native code to a model produced what Shopify's engineering director called slop. Helix chunks each screen instead.

Publishers:dev.toshopify.engineeringsimonwillison.netthenewstack.iothestack.technology

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers

Builder: Builder 56%
Operator: Operator 33%
Investor: Investor 11%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption55
Hype gap+20
Incentives50
Confidence68