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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · 9d

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Where are you extracting all the class names to?

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 13

It was fun to talk to y'all! 🥳

Infinite Red @infinite.red · Jun 13

🖤❤️ RNR 334 ❤️🖤

This week: React Native on desktop?

@saadnajmi.bsky.social from Microsoft joins our hosts to talk about bringing React Native to macOS! They talk about what works, what doesn’t, and what’s next.

Don't miss it!
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React Native Radio - RNR 334 - React Native MacOS with Saad Najmi

Saad Najmi from Microsoft joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to talk React Native macOS—how it works, where it shines, and what’s still missing.

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 9

Welcome to the annual meat grinder :D

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 8

Is it like a, population center isn often where civil unrest happens kinda thing? I know that’s why a lot of places move their capitals

Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 8

Curious, why?

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 7

If you want a React Native copy of Raycast, sol.ospfranco.com is cool

An simple and fast macOS launcher

macOS launcher focused on simplicity and speed.

sol.ospfranco.com

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 7

OK that was pretty cool!

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 7

What’s the thing here? A cop with a cat on it?

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’m quite fond of sharks

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𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓎 @andylikescats.bsky.social · Jun 6

Giving away two wonderful books by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social - The Third Bear and Hummingbird Salamander!

To win, repost + comment your favorite animal.
I'll pick someone next Friday 6/13 - shipping paid & open to intl.

**You do not have to follow me**

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · May 6

Hi! I need to check bluesky more lol.
It’s actually the only social media left installed on my newest attempt to limit doomscrolling

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks also to @kwasniew.ski who helped a lot with the proposal and implementation! I’m glad it’s getting used :)

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Mar 12

We do so much brown field development internally (think React Native task panes / floating windows in Microsoft Office) that I forget how performant a blank app can be 😅, thanks @jayz.us for trying it out!

Jay Meistrich @jayz.us · Mar 12

I made an app that opens faster than any Mac app I've seen, loading a 5500 line markdown file instantly.

It's not Swift. Not Rust. Not C++.

It's JavaScript! react-native-macos is INSANELY fast 🤯

And 10% the size of an Electron app!

I had no idea RN on desktop is this good.

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Feb 24

Hi!

Reposted by Saad Najmi

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Jan 8

Stephen Hawking was born #OTD in 1942. He developed theorems with Penrose that determine when general relativity produces singularities, established classical laws of black hole mechanics, and hypothesized that quantum effects cause black holes to radiate. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭

Image: Santi Visalli/Getty

Color photo of Stephen Hawking. He is seated in his wheelchair, smiling at someone to his right. Hawking has dark hair and is wearing glasses. He has on a dark blue jacket, light plaid shirt, and a patterned blue tie.

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Jan 7

I start work again tomorrow and I already have two presentations + a rush bug fix to get in this week, welcome 2025 🫣

2+ weeks of vacation was pretty nice though 😄

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 30

Eh this took me like 3 days, mostly to learn all the new stuff. But yeah that’s what holidays are for! :D

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 30

I’m just riding the bandwagon

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Can it be done in React Native? - Season 1 - YouTube

Implementing features from real-world apps in React Native

youtube.com

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 30

I was too lazy to use the same photo 😅

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Seb ⚛️ ThisWeekInReact.com @sebastienlorber.com · Dec 26

🧑‍🎄 Node.js now supports TypeScript by default 🤯 🎄

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 29

Apple demo code and ChatGPT are surprisingly useful!

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 29

And many thanks to the wonderful people at Google for creating Skia, and Shopify / @wcandillon.bsky.social
for bringing it to React Native! Finally, here's a gist with my sample code.

gist.github.com/Saadnajmi/9d...

Ripple Effect Shader with react-native-skia

Ripple Effect Shader with react-native-skia. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

gist.github.com

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 29

Many thanks to Apple for creating such a great API, along with super amazing docs and videos to go along with it :D

developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

Create custom visual effects with SwiftUI - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer

Discover how to create stunning visual effects in SwiftUI. Learn to build unique scroll effects, rich color treatments, and custom...

developer.apple.com

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Saad Najmi @saadnajmi.bsky.social · Dec 29

Can it be done in React Native, yes!
At WWDC 2024, Apple added a new API for creating custom UI effects using Metal shaders. I wanted to see if you could do the same with React Native. With react-native-skia, you can! Left is the Apple demo, right is skia on react-native-macos 😃

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