Helix: The internal tool powering our Shopify app's native migration (2026) - Shopify

kept by eddie sep 26

Helix uses small checkpoints and strict quality gates to reliably rebuild the Shopify app from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin.

Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify
Shopify is moving its major mobile apps from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin, using LLMs to cut the cost of building and maintaining features twice.
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