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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 23h

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 1d

Or compiling React Native itself, especially the Android artifacts 😃

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 6d

I don’t think so, but here is the direct link: www.marketwatch.com/story/does-p...

Does Palantir face a new threat from Salesforce? Software giants clash over lucrative government contracts.

A rivalry between Palantir and Salesforce is heating up as Salesforce launches a national security business division called Missionforce.

www.marketwatch.com

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 9d

I’m sure this is totally unrelated (*sarcasm*)…. stocks.apple.com/AJ6PMLVSjQsq...

Does Palantir face a new threat from Salesforce? Software giants clash over lucrative government contracts. — MarketWatch

Rivalry heats up as Salesforce launches a national security business division called Missionforce

stocks.apple.com

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Tyler Williams @coolsoftware.dev · 16d

It took a little longer than we wanted, but Ignite is upgraded to Expo SDK 54!

github.com/infinitered/...

feat: upgrade to Expo SDK 54 by coolsoftwaretyler · Pull Request #2984 · infinitered/ignite

Description This PR will upgrade Ignite to Expo 54. Moslty package.json changes, with a couple notable additions: Bumps to Expo 54, and all its required dependencies from install --fix (as of the ...

github.com

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 17d

The replacement of URLSearchParams was done as part of the work to have a WinterCG-compliant fetch implementation. See github.com/expo/expo/pu... .

feat(expo): Add WinterCG URL support by EvanBacon · Pull Request #24973 · expo/expo

Why Split out of feat: Migrate SDK to built-in URL and URLSearchParams APIs #24941 but without the SDK integration. Add built-in support for the whatwg-compliant URL and URLSearchParams API. Injec...

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 18d

You’re doing great I’m only 0.1x

Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 18d

Expo fetch does support streaming. docs.expo.dev/versions/lat...

Expo

Set of common methods and types for Expo and related packages.

docs.expo.dev

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 22d

I tried to come up with something witty here, but really can’t improve on this quote 😃

Corey “🎃Managed NAT Gateway👻” Quinn @quinnypig.com · 23d

“Increasingly, we're finding that when we launch innovative new things at Reinvent it's valuable if we can actually launch them, as opposed to just pre-announce them," Matt Garman said at an internal all-hands meeting.

www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Amazon's AWS CEO chides staff for slow product rollouts

Amazon Web Services' top executive admonished staff on Thursday for what he called slow product rollouts by the cloud computing provider at its premier Reinvent customer event in December, according to a transcript of a meeting reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Expo @expo.dev · Sep 18

The new 𝝠 Expo home page is live: expo.dev

We were overdue for a new home that tells the story of what Expo has become: Everything you need to build apps.

We added more pages to explain how Expo serves different stages of business growth across different industries. We'll 🧵 some of those below ↓

Expo

Expo is an open-source platform for making universal native apps for Android, iOS, and the web with JavaScript and React.

expo.dev

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dan @danabra.mov · Sep 2

⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Lean for JavaScript Developers

Lean for JavaScript Developers — overreacted

Programming with proofs.

overreacted.io

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Daniel Friyia 🇨🇦 @wa2goose.bsky.social · Sep 14

Low key one of my favourite React Native Skia Animations I've ever made

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 14

This is excellent and nuanced writing. "The same values that make us horrified at his violent death are the ones that should embolden our commitment to defeating the politics he worked for in life."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 14

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

www.theguardian.com

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · Sep 14

Have you heard the good news?

California finished a project that will create tons of clean renewable energy & help prevent evaporation and algae formations while keeping solar panels cooler & more efficient.

This article made my day!

www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online

The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

www.canarymedia.com

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phil 🫠 @kitten.sh · Sep 12

there's a lot of exciting things going on in SDK 54, but the less exciting changes will hopefully make your upgrade smoother and your everyday DX with dependencies more stable 💕

All kinds of reliability improvements land in SDK 54!
small thread about those 🧵

Expo @expo.dev · Sep 10

𝝠 Expo SDK 54 is LIVE 🚀

◆ React Native 0.81
◆ Precompiled RN for iOS → faster clean builds
◆ iOS 26 Liquid Glass icons + views
◆ Android 16 target, edge-to-edge default
◆ Router v6 native tabs
◆ Updates: header overrides, progress, reload screen
◆ So much more...

expo.dev/changelog/sd...

Expo SDK 54 - Expo Changelog

Learn about the changes and how to upgrade

expo.dev

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 13

Try out Expo UI on both mobile and TV! 😀 github.com/react-native...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Sep 11

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 10

Expo TV templates and demos have been updated to the new SDK release, and to React Native TV 0.81.4-0. The UpdatesAPIDemo repo has also been updated for SDK 54 and includes examples of the new expo-updates features!

Expo @expo.dev · Sep 10

𝝠 Expo SDK 54 is LIVE 🚀

◆ React Native 0.81
◆ Precompiled RN for iOS → faster clean builds
◆ iOS 26 Liquid Glass icons + views
◆ Android 16 target, edge-to-edge default
◆ Router v6 native tabs
◆ Updates: header overrides, progress, reload screen
◆ So much more...

expo.dev/changelog/sd...

Expo SDK 54 - Expo Changelog

Learn about the changes and how to upgrade

expo.dev

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Mazen Chami @mazenchami.dev · Sep 9

Join us tomorrow at 12pm ET for episode 4 of React Native Mornings! Gabriel Donadel is going to demo all the new features of @expo.dev SDK 54! Including the new Liquid Glass UI 💦

Infinite Red @infinite.red · Sep 9

HAPPENING TOMORROW 🚨

Calling all @expo.dev fans!! Tomorrow @mazenchami.dev hosts a special RNM with Gabriel Donadel from Expo!

📆 Wed, Sep 10 | 9am PT
📍 Live on YouTube + X
🔔 Set a reminder

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNVW...

Introducing Expo SDK 54 with Gabriel Donadel | React Native Mornings | Ep. 4

YouTube video by Infinite Red

www.youtube.com

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 9

shopify.engineering/react-native...

Migrating to React Native's New Architecture (2025) - Shopify

Shopify successfully migrated two of its largest apps, Shopify Mobile and Shopify Point of Sale (POS) to React Native's New Architecture while maintaining weekly releases and serving millions of merch...

shopify.engineering

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Tyler Williams @coolsoftware.dev · Sep 9

I’m (not) sorry if it makes me a nerd but one of my favorite hobbies is trying out new versions of React Native and Expo while they’re in previews. @frankcalise.dev did a great write up on what’s got us excited about @expo.dev SDK 54.

Infinite Red @infinite.red · Sep 8

Our team put @expo.dev SDK 54 to the test. 🔥

The results:
→ iOS build time cut by 35%
→ Dependencies “just worked” with smarter autolinking

Full review from @frankcalise.dev 👇

shift.infinite.red/expo-sdk-54-...

Expo SDK 54: Better. Faster. Simpler.

See how Expo SDK 54 is making Infinite Red’s process better, faster, and simpler than ever before.

shift.infinite.red

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 8

Thanks Jay! I've been doing some testing with LegendList on SDK 54 preview, and just moved to 2.0.4. I noticed that there are no releases published in the GitHub repo, and the CHANGELOG seems to stop at 1.1.4, so was curious where I could find the changes between versions.

Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 7

I went to nativewind 4.1.23 (latest), reanimated 3.19.1 (latest with reanimated-3 tag), react-native 0.79.6, and do not see the worklets error with bun on my system.

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Expo @expo.dev · Sep 5

Whether it's a greenfield project or an incremental migration - we're seeing an overwhelming number of Enterprise applications adopting Expo this year.

It's not an accident. It's the direct byproduct of 10 years of building this platform and listening to our community.

expo.dev/solutions/en...

Expo for Enterprise Applications

Use Expo to build secure, compliant, scalable React Native applications.

expo.dev

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · Sep 7

Hmm that is strange, 4.1.23 is several months old. I’ll look into it

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