Refactoring life

For developers, it’s technologically more manageable to build one mobile web app than a half-dozen or even just two native apps. And given the state of mobile web standards, we’re quickly approaching a point where end users can’t tell the difference between the two. All that’s really left is a business model for mobile web apps, Sullivan contends.

I could not agree more. It’s been a pretty prevalent pattern - thick client when a tech is first adopted and then a move into a thin client as it hits maturity and becomes a stable platform. And from a developer standpoint,  I’d much rather write one website than 3 native apps.