A good number of native apps are unusable without an internet connection.
We just accept that our fragmented software landscape spans several backend technology stacks, web browsers and two dominant mobile platforms that are in constant flux. ES6, Typescript, Swift and Kotlin didn't even exist a decade ago and their constantly shifting ecosystems are nearly impossible for a single developer to keep up with. Higher barriers to entry work well for the large companies that dominate our industry so they continue to churn out complexity as best practice.
Allowing a single developer to deliver customer-facing applications without the context switch and coordination overhead of a team is a big deal. In the 80s and 90s, this was possible. Today, even deployment has become a specialised role. Not every engineer wants to be forced into a backend or frontend role in an agile team with product owners and ceremonies. There needs to be room for the craftsman in our industry. This is a step towards empowering the individual hacker again.
Liveview Native is not hugely compelling if you're only looking at it from the perspective of an established company or funded startup that can afford a team of more than 3-6 engineers and devops. As a solo dev or bootstrapped startup with limited resources, this is a killer feature for elixir and phoenix.
I don't want to use JavaScript for everything. I have to, because my team is only 6 people, and we're responsible for the entire stack. If I chose literally any other technology, I'd be the only one able to maintain it when things go wrong.
If it was a choice between JavaScript or Elixir, it would be Elixir every single time for me.
We just accept that our fragmented software landscape spans several backend technology stacks, web browsers and two dominant mobile platforms that are in constant flux. ES6, Typescript, Swift and Kotlin didn't even exist a decade ago and their constantly shifting ecosystems are nearly impossible for a single developer to keep up with. Higher barriers to entry work well for the large companies that dominate our industry so they continue to churn out complexity as best practice.
Allowing a single developer to deliver customer-facing applications without the context switch and coordination overhead of a team is a big deal. In the 80s and 90s, this was possible. Today, even deployment has become a specialised role. Not every engineer wants to be forced into a backend or frontend role in an agile team with product owners and ceremonies. There needs to be room for the craftsman in our industry. This is a step towards empowering the individual hacker again.
Liveview Native is not hugely compelling if you're only looking at it from the perspective of an established company or funded startup that can afford a team of more than 3-6 engineers and devops. As a solo dev or bootstrapped startup with limited resources, this is a killer feature for elixir and phoenix.