BTW, never've heard of Flutter until you mentioned. Looking into it now. Looks cool, but... It's just been released? I do not want to depend on a bleeding edge solution when everything is at stake (I'm talking about a typical startup execution). I'd give it few more years before seriously considering it. I've seen the solutions that were supposed to take over the world (which never happened). SmallTalk, C++, JavaApplets, RubyOnRails. I'm sure I'm missing a few. While all these are very cool technologies, the "weird" JavaScript stuff is being the most used language in the world these days (whether we like it or not).
Flutter looks interesting, however, the same question applies to Flutter -- this is not a standard Apple's way, as such it may be banned. Why would not Apple decide to ban anything that is not Apple from their store?
"unfair" because they are much cheaper for the employer. If they would cost the same, then if would be fair and the employers would really look at the skills, the talent, and what each person brings on the table. I know, it's really just a play of words. And I'm not advocating for more regulations than necessary. But, I would like the companies that choose to hire offshore to be more honest and come out and say, "yes, we are in penny counting game, and we do not care about quality or what we are building as much".
Not sure what you mean that you are on a look out for talent, if there is no easy and efficient way to get through to you. You may want to think that you get what you need, but believe it or not -- best of the best almost never end up at the big companies.
I understand the pipeline idea, though I think it does not work when the goal is to bring A+ players. A+ players are already employed most of the times. Rarely an event like a layoff happens, that's when they come on a market briefly. They are not going to sit and wait to be processed by the pipelines. And only the B's and the C's ever get through the pipeline to the end. The pipeline idea may have worked during financial crisis, when it was not easy to find a job. But in a current market -- wake up, if you are serious about innovation at a big companies, you are not getting the talent you need for that to happen.
I actually do not like either platform's layout system and programming model, nor languages. React Native is actually quite nice IMO comparing to the other two.
If you ask me, 3+ incidents of this caliber in the row in one week -- that's not a coincidence. When military ships start colliding in the Pacific, some admiral typically gets fired and the navy announces a plan of action to the public, which is the right thing to do. It would be nice to know what Apple's plan is.
This is what seems to be happening here as well, this post is definitely not getting up voted, however, there are replies from readers in comments, which means it does get some attention. I don't personally care about my HN karma, so I intend to keep this post, but, these observations make me question the HN algorithm -- can the companies like Apple buy their positive outlook on the "self governed" media?