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Codemagic blog
Company blog · blog.codemagic.ioprogramming
Codemagic blog is the company blog at blog.codemagic.io, writing about programming. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “Flutter vs. Other Mobile Development Frameworks: A UI and Performance Experiment”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Codemagic's blog for a Flutter versus other mobile frameworks UI and performance experiment, and for how to build and distribute iOS apps without owning a Mac.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Explore the magic behind Codemagic. Browse our tutorials, mobile app industry related articles and news to take the maximum out of Codemagic CI/CD for Flutter apps.
Most-linked posts?
- Flutter vs. Other Mobile Development Frameworks: A UI and Performance Experiment2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-01-03
- How to build iOS apps without Mac2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-03-22
What Hacker News says?
You need a Mac to build for macOS / iOS, yes, but it doesn't have to be your Mac. There are services like Codemagic that have free CI/CD macOS build services [0]. [0] https://blog.codemagic.io/how-to-develop-and-distribute-ios-...
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on “One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)”Submitted Flutter vs. Other Mobile Development Frameworks: A UI and Performance Experiment as a story · 370 points
HN discussionCheck out “Flutter Versus Other Mobile Development Frameworks: A UI And Performance Experiment”: https://blog.codemagic.io/flutter-vs-ios-android-reactnative...
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on “Flutter and Dart, or how to quickly build a mobile app without losing your hair”Submitted Run, test and make changes to flutter apps on iOS without owning a Mac yourself as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThanks for the kind words! Building can be a hassle, as you can only produce the release version on the host machine. This means there is a bit of back and forth between my Windows laptop and my iMac, but it's expected. I haven't looked for an automation process for this, but I believe Codemagic are building a solution for Flutter desktop as well: https://blog.codemagic.io/codemagic-ci-cd-releases-support-f...
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on “Using Flutter to build a native-looking desktop app for macOS and Windows”Submitted First CI/CD to Support Flutter Web as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flutter from Scratch, Episode 2: Flutter Project Structure and Widgets as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Step-by-step guide to iOS app distribution with Flutter modules using Codemagic as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We analysed more than 80k Flutter builds and this is what we learned as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Must-Follow Flutter Experts on Twitter as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Average Flutter Developer in Numbers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dart vs. JavaScript as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Flutter taking really off? First month in numbers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creating an IoT based Flutter app to interact with any home electrical equipment as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Visual Studio Code vs. Android Studio – Functionality, Search and Source Control as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Top hacks/tips from the community to master your Flutter skills as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Localising Flutter applications and automating the localisation process as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why to Migrate from Visual Studio App Center? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flutter Unit Testing: Bloc and Codemagic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to add Flutter modules to native Android project as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build your Flutter apps 44% faster? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 62% of Flutter developers need more high-quality content on Flutter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Flutter replacing native iOS written in Swift? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flutter Talks Podcast with Will Larche and Reflectly as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build iOS apps without Mac as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flutter Podcast Starring Martin Aguinis as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Code-signing without Mac..for FREE as a story · 1 points
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