i have dry eyes which isn't great for a programmer. tried to look for a mobile app that could help me manage it, but there weren't any, so I gotta make my own.
did research into some frameworks. have used react native and java + android studio before, but that was five years ago. man, software changes so fast.
i'm a big believer in reducing code redundancy, so I want a hybrid framework that compiles to native code. this way, I can write one codebase to support both android and ios with no loss to performance.
react native is tried and true and arguably the longest and best supported hybrid framework there is. a safe choice.
compose multiplatform + kotlin multiplatform is like react native on steroids though. not only does it support mobile platforms, but also web and desktop. and the cross-platform portability is not just for front-end development, so I can write whatever function I need in kotlin and build it to any target.
it's super new though. just became stable for Android in nov 2023. still in alpha for iOS front-end development. can definitely foresee it becoming an industry titan in a few years though.
not sure which one to choose yet, but definitely one of the two.