It was not that bad at all, one of the core file is 10K LOC, rock SOLID! Compose is fixing it for the baseline, loving Google's premature architecture where you need to invent the same wheel for production again and again at every other company. There is HILT but not enough, there is navigation but not enough, etc. In general, the things they built are suitable for semi-complete demo apps. Please point me to a simple CRUD app that is fully complete with error handling popups and unit tests, that can scale to build complicated real-life apps!
I can't pinpoint the latest stats, but it seems like most people are only using certain top X apps and no longer discovering new ones. I'm hoping that someone else will be able to post it here.
It seems you also noticed that native app developer jobs are disappearing. The majority of native app developers will switch to something else than react Native, I think.
I'm happy for you, but isn't this more or less like a dive into the sea, like the early 2000 web page era? It is my belief that every front end will eventually disappear and become a part of the Chat*-Plugin at the most. In the long term, AI will use a template that it believes is appropriate for the user to display the data. If the user is dissatisfied with the template, it will suggest multiple new ones with a storage option for future use.
If the market is there, even co-founders like that will be successful. Those people and you are just consumable part of the game, unfortunately, will not be recognized after success, so watch out!
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