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Ask HN: What Is the State of App Development in 2026?

A developer on Hacker News is asking the community to assess the current state of app development in 2026, specifically inquiring about the impact of AI and large language models on the field. The user is seeking to understand what has changed in the past two to five years and what a career focused solely on iOS and Android development looks like today.

read1 min publishedMay 30, 2026

| |||||||||||| 24 points by | What is going on in the world of pure IOS/Android app development? How is AI/LLMs affecting app development? what has changed in App Development in the past 2-5 years? What does a career in only app development look like nowadays? Thank you! | ||||||||||| |

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