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    What “native” means as a label for apps

    A post previewing an early Notion mobile rebuild calls it “native.” A user quoting it says they ban the term from their AI agents’ technical descriptions.

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    A post says Notion is being rebuilt natively for mobile, shares an early preview and asks what frustrates users about the phone app. A user quoting it questions what “native” actually tells readers about an app’s technology or performance, pointing to web content inside platform apps and React Native’s use of platform interfaces. They argue that vague language leads to sloppy results when prompting AI agents, and call for precise technical descriptions and data-backed answers about performance.

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    @BaconbrixI hate how imprecise the term “native” has become. Is a UIKit app that mostly displays WebViews, such as Apple News, not a native app? What about an app that’s entirely rendered with UIKit or SwiftUI, but orchestrated by a bytecode file, as with React Native? How about a social network app that’s so server-driven it makes network round-trips before navigation? Do you trust that an app built with UIKit is doing concurrency better than the reasonable defaults of SwiftUI? Today, software is developed in natural language. When you use imprecise prompts, you get sloppy results. I ban my agents from using the term “native” to describe technical details. Your agent will inherit your principles, so why allow any room for ambiguity? Reject technical imprecision. Be curious about performance characteristics, and strive for data-backed answers.
    @ccheeverRT @Baconbrix: I hate how imprecise the term “native” has become. Is a UIKit app that mostly displays WebViews, such as Apple News, not a…

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    @BaconbrixI hate how imprecise the term “native” has become. Is a UIKit app that mostly displays WebViews, such as Apple News, not a native app? What about an app that’s entirely rendered with UIKit or SwiftUI, but orchestrated by a bytecode file, as with React Native? How about a social network app that’s so server-driven it makes network round-trips before navigation? Do you trust that an app built with UIKit is doing concurrency better than the reasonable defaults of SwiftUI? Today, software is developed in natural language. When you use imprecise prompts, you get sloppy results. I ban my agents from using the term “native” to describe technical details. Your agent will inherit your principles, so why allow any room for ambiguity? Reject technical imprecision. Be curious about performance characteristics, and strive for data-backed answers.
    @ccheeverRT @Baconbrix: I hate how imprecise the term “native” has become. Is a UIKit app that mostly displays WebViews, such as Apple News, not a…