Shopify Just Left React Native for Native Code. Here's What That Actually Means
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It’s only been a year since the e-commerce platform declared it was very happy with React Native, but now Shopify is dumping it – and the reason, unsurprisingly, is AI
<p>A few years ago the answer was easy — if you cared about performance, you went native. But in 2026 the gap has narrowed a lot. Here's what I'm seeing in real projects:</p>
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<p>React Native keeps evolving. With React Native 0.87, the New Architecture is standard, Hermes and Fabric are fully mature, and building high-performance apps is easier than
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