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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 6d

The paid plans give you some nice extras such as priority builds and a higher number of eas update users out of the box but honestly you get access to all features with the free plan. The great thing is that there’s no vendor lock-in either so if you want to build locally instead, you can too.

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 16d

That’s awesome! Great to see that both paid and free users benefit from the increased capacity too. 💪

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Aug 20

🕕 When: Monday, Aug 25th - doors open 6pm
📍 Where: Fleet 7 (Baubüro), Kiel
Come by for the talks, stay for the drinks & conversations. See you there! 🚀
#React #ReactNative #Kiel

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Aug 20

• Vim-Motions - Unlock hidden superpowers to boost your efficiency in Vim
• React Native Skia - High-performance 2D rendering + a peek into shaders

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 The next edition of React(Native) Kiel is coming up next Monday, Aug. 25th! I’ll be co-hosting with @dbanck.com & @baumstumpf.bsky.social and we’ve lined up two talks you won’t want to miss 👇
www.meetup.com/kiel-react-n...

React(Native) Meetup #29, Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Welcome to the 29th React(Native) Meetup Kiel. Everyone is welcome to join us, whatever your experience with React or other web technologies. Since the number of spots is l

www.meetup.com

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jul 24

Ah thanks - that’s a great shout! I like the flexibility DOM components offer for gradual adoption of native (where needed / desired) but apart from a few simple PoCs I haven’t used them in production yet… maybe now’s the time 🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jul 24

Still, for some use cases the WebView approach is maybe “good enough”:

✅ Feature parity with web
✅ Fast time to market
✅ OTA updates baked in by design

But is short time speed worth the cost of long-term UX debt? Feel free to comment and let me know what you think 💭

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jul 24

My take: React Native wins long-term for the following reasons:

📱 Truly native components & feel
🚀 Better overall performance
🌐 Reliable offline support
🎲 Fewer risks regarding app store guidelines

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hey #ReactNative community 👋 I've faced the following question a number of times: WebView wrapper of existing website (with native navigation shell) vs. full React Native adoption. Given tight budgets and sometimes limited resources, it’s not always easy. I’m curious to hear your thoughts 🧵👇

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jul 11

Oof, good luck! 😅☕️ If you can, I’d suggest adopting @expo.dev prebuild. It depends on your native libs and config plugin support, but it massively cuts down maintenance pain - especially on long-lived projects. Saved us countless hours already. 🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

You might find the expo-doctor package helpful - it checks whether the expo modules and 3rd party deps are compatible with the installed SDK version. Not sure if that’s what you were looking for but hope it helps! docs.expo.dev/develop/tool...

Tools for development

An overview of Expo tools and websites that will help you during various aspects of your project-building journey.

docs.expo.dev

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Slides + demo repo from my talk are up on GitHub if you're curious 🔗 github.com/bonesyblue/t...

GitHub - bonesyblue/turbo-shop: Mock e-commerce app built with Expo to accompany my talk: Turbocharging React Native Performance ⚡️

Mock e-commerce app built with Expo to accompany my talk: Turbocharging React Native Performance ⚡️ - bonesyblue/turbo-shop

github.com

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Big thanks to Krystof for dropping-by and to the #React community in Kiel for the thoughtful questions and great discussion round after the talks! #react_ki

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

I also had the chance to share how integrating a semi-automated flashlight.dev + maestro.dev flow into our release process helped us spot bottlenecks and raise the bar for #performance in an e-commerce project I work on

Flashlight | Get your app Performance score

Automated app performance measures Flashlight is a Lighthouse for mobile apps. Measure the performance of any Android app. No installation is required. Even supports production apps.

flashlight.dev

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Krystof's talk on symbolicating stack traces from 3rd party deps and catching unhandled promise rejections was super insightful. #ReactNative #debugging

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Was great to grab a burger and beer with @woldri.ch & @baumstumpf.bsky.social before the React(Native) Kiel meetup yesterday 🍔🍺

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats!! 🙌 Excited to hear what’s ahead

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Oliver Kwast @baumstumpf.bsky.social · May 28

We made it to Krakow.

12 hour journey ✅

AppJS conf can start now 🤓🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · May 20

There‘s a great video from @codewithbeto.dev on this topic - hope it helps you solve the issues you’re facing!
youtu.be/095BRHGRazo?...

How I handle keyboard avoidance in React Native

YouTube video by Code with Beto

youtu.be

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Excited for this week’s episode! Flashlight+maestro really helped me understand the performance bottlenecks of an app I work on 🚀🔦🙌

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Would love to hear about your experience building config plugins or any additional tips! Feel free to connect if you need a hand too 🙌

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Overall, had a lot of fun debugging and learning how Expo config plugins fit together. Once you understand the parts, the system is super powerful!

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Learned you can locally build an npm package from source using npm pack and then add it as a dependency using
npm install ./path-to-tarball.tgz

Gamechanger! 🔥

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Hit a weird issue where the plugin files weren’t showing up in the tarball.
👉 Make sure to include the app.plugin.js file and your plugin directory in the files array of the package.json

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · Apr 18

If you’re getting started with config plugins, this guide is a fantastic resource. It got me up to speed fast on everything I needed to know regarding setup. 🚀 github.com/expo/expo/bl...

github.com

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