The latest articles on DEV Community by Jesse Griffin (@jesseships). https://dev.to/jesseships https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4210952%2F4dbd6509-481f-4198-a9bd-fb84d21445bb.jpg https://dev.to/jesseships en Jesse Griffin Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:23:55 +0000 https://dev.to/jesseships/flutter-got-me-to-ship-swift-keeps-me-honest-4p7m https://dev.to/jesseships/flutter-got-me-to-ship-swift-keeps-me-honest-4p7m <p>I've been shipping cross-platform apps with Flutter for a while, and I keep coming back to one tradeoff: velocity vs. platform feel.</p> <p>Flutter is fantastic when the app is mostly custom UI. But the moment you need the platform to feel right — share sheets, text selection, back gestures — you can feel the abstraction.</p> <p>Lately I've been prototyping the same screen in SwiftUI and Flutter to compare. It's slower, but it's teaching me where the seams are.</p> <p>I'm learning Rust on the side for a tiny CLI tool. The borrow checker is humbling. Any tips for someone coming from Kotlin/Swift?</p> flutter swift mobile