Helix: The internal tool powering our Shopify app's native migrationSmall checkpoints and strict quality gates so LLMs can rebuild Swift and Kotlin shippably.

Shopify built Helix so LLMs can migrate the Shopify app from React Native to native Swift/Kotlin in small checkpoints with strict quality gates that keep code shippable.

Blog post · AI · Mobile · Engineering · Developer Tools

Migrating Shop app from React Native to native (2026)

Shopify migrated the Shop app from React Native to Swift and Kotlin, going from proof-of-concept to App Store and Play Store publishes in 12 weeks with AI-assisted engineering.

Blog post · Engineering · Mobile · AI · Productivity

I expected better from GoogleWhat we found in Artemis, and why open-source credit matters.

Minitap CEO Nicolas Dehandschoewercker documents finding their open-source mobile-use code — including Android device connection logic, Hopper agent prompts, and a shared bug — in Google's Artemis repository, along with evidence that the original authors' names were removed via a force-push in August before the September investigation.

Blog post · Open Source · Attribution · Google · AI Agents

Google plans to restrict side-loading, declaring war on Android freedom

Tuta explains Google's plan, rolling out globally in 2027, to require all Android app developers to register and verify their identity with Google before their apps will install on devices running Google Play Services. Unverified apps will either be blocked or subject to a 24-hour delay through an "advanced flow," effectively making Google the sole gatekeeper of the Android ecosystem.

Blog post · Android · Open Source · Privacy · Google