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by dontdoitpls 2308 days ago
Making 1 app is fine. Web or Android, no problem. Both? Double your dev time.

React native you say? Double your dev time to learn a weird language.

Want to service 100% of people? Spend 1000$+ on apple products and beg Apple to let you publish.

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I still think all these details could be solved for with a friendly IDE for beginners. In most cases folks just want to build a thing for themselves or a small group. Right now the tooling is still unfriendly to most but it feels like it’s moving towards something better

Here’s an example, I built a simple app to keep a schedule for watering my various plants that all have different needs. Originally it was just a google sheet but I saw an opportunity to play with ReactNative and expand my knowledge

A lot of everyday people, have spreadsheets like this that could be friendlier. They’re not trying to ship it to thousands just themselves and maybe a friend. Like sharing a meal and then the recipe :)