Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin | EP #159

Good morning, it's Friday. This is Guru's Tech Bytes, episode one hundred fifty nine. And boy, do we got a pile of good stuff today. You know, I was just thinking, we got four stories that are just all over the map, from phones to math to, well, cables. Heh. Hhh, okay, that's something. Let's just dive right in, because my coffee's getting cold and I got a lot to say. So here we go, folks. First up, Shopify. Big news, and I mean big. They are ditching React Native, that whole cross-platform thing, and going back to the old-school way: writing native code. Swift for the iPhone, Kotlin for the Android. Now, I know what you're thinking, that sounds like a step backward, right? But no, they say it's all about speed and making the apps feel buttery smooth. And honestly, with over a thousand upvotes on this, the developers are cheering. It's like saying, "Hey, let's just do this right." Second, we got a story that's got the math nerds all riled up. Researchers are asking, can we really trust OpenAI with our unpublished work? You know, the stuff that's not out yet, the secret sauce. They're worried that if they share their new theorems and proofs, OpenAI might just gobble it up and spit it out in some future model. It's a trust thing, plain and simple. Third, and this one's a real feather in the cap for the Rust fans out there. Microsoft is officially calling Rust a tier-one language. That means it's on the same level as C++ and C# for them. That's a huge deal, folks. It means they're all in on memory safety, and they're betting big on this language to keep their systems secure. And finally, this one's for the hoarders, the pack rats, the folks with a closet full of old chargers. It's a love letter to the big box of cables. Don't let anyone take it away from you. That box is your history, your backup plan, your salvation when the new stuff breaks. Five hundred thirty upvotes, and I bet every one of them is from someone who's got a drawer that won't close. It's a beautiful thing, really. That's your daily byte. Have a great day. Until next time. Stories covered Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin — Hacker News More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math — Hacker News Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft — Hacker News Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables — Hacker News