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I'm curious about the stack-- is the app React Native with some actual native modules, then? Or is it based on something like Ionic?

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It was a native iOS app originally but now it's pure web (straight Svelte SPA, no UI framework) with native plugins.

I did it because I don't have the time to maintain for 3 platforms in parallel without one falling behind and I'm not a fan of React native personally. I spent a good chunk of time testing with much older hardware as a target to make sure performance wouldn't be a noticeable distraction for users and I'm happy with how it turned out :)

If you have more info on how you set up your Svelte project, I’d be interested in hearing! I recently rewrote my personal website from react into something much simpler with Svelte and am trying to figure out the best way to serve it on phones.

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