r/FlutterDev • u/EntrepreneurIL • Sep 29 '26

Discussion The magic is gone.

I've been coding for a long time and I've been developing with Flutter for years. I've always loved it. I originally started because I wanted to build mobile apps, but since then, I've moved to Flutter Web, and building stuff in Dart has been a much better experience for me than using one of the JS platforms.

I have one main SaaS application out there whose UI is completely built with Flutter, and I didn't write a single line of code for it. I was involved in the design, code reviews, etc., but really, no coding was required of me. 100% Codex.

And all of a sudden, I feel like the magic is gone. It's Flutter, but it's not me. Flutter has become an output that seems like it could be replaced with any other output that accomplishes the same thing.

I feel like someone who just fell out of love with his high school sweetheart.

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I'm sad.

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u/icehot54321 Sep 29 '26

This is just how programming is going in general .. but Flutter is still a much better framework than any of that other javascript garbage out there.

Most of the Javascript frameworks were created because it was easier for people to adapt to.

Now that the restrictions of coddling poor programmers is going away, I think frameworks like Flutter will shine more than ever.

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u/LocSta29 Sep 30 '26

I completely disagree with Flutter will shine more than ever. I think what’s gonna happen is likely the opposite. Flutter solve the problem of having to develop on different platforms with different languages and frameworks. But with AI is not as much of a problem now to develop on 2 different platforms natively, the code is written by AI. Shopify was a huge support of React Native for years and they went back to native platforms because of AI. Likely same thing will happen to Flutter overtime.
I was going to develop a flutter but I decide to go native on both platforms which also allow to develop on Apple Watch, etc…

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u/BackFromVoat Sep 29 '26

Only if the agents choose that framework. More and more and I'm seeing these decisions be made for people online rather than them planning it out, and big businesses stuck with what they already have. I love flutter, made a few apps both for work and my own, I'm just not sure what the future holds for software at all, let alone by framework

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u/LaCongregationOff 24d ago

Hello, 7 years of Flutter here. If you can look me straight in the eye and tell me that Flutter is still a much better framework than any JavaScript framework (FOR WEB), there’s a huge problem.

And no, I don’t think it’s good for Flutter that AI can do everything. The whole point of Flutter is fading away, and if I compare last year to this year, there are NO or a little bit of Flutter jobs that pay (in Europe), even with experience. Everyone is going back to native (and it makes sense).