I build my apps the same way: mostly server-rendered HTML with a little JavaScript on top (Hotwire on Rails). They're mostly forms and CRUD, and it's worked for years with almost no client-side state to debug. I avoid React when I can. The frustrating part is there isn't much Hotwire or Rails work around these days. Most of the jobs want React.
Same on mobile. I use Apple's Vision framework on-device to find people in photos for a printing app. Sending users' personal photos to an image-model API is a non-starter on privacy, latancy, and per-photo cost alone. Less flexible than a V-LLM, but for "find the people, give me box" it's instant, free, and works offline.
AI might produce polished garbage, but everyone produces garbage at first. People who only ever turn out excellent work from day one never actually grow.
The French philosopher Alain wrote that "a very dexterous man is nothing but a fool." And honestly, I sometimes catch myself shipping polished garbage with AI too. But you can't pan gold without sifting through a lot of plain sand.
Only those who fail more end up succeeding — the classic American startup spirit. AI lets us fail faster and more often, which also means more chances at success, faster. At least, that's how I see it.