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Josh McFarlin
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Engineer at Gradient
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Sometimes people ask me for my opinions about React Native tech and it's basically just this.
February 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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⚡️ Build an app and deploy it with Bolt.new and Expo

youtu.be/iCwxkm2PkQE
⚡️ Build an app and deploy it with Bolt.new and Expo
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February 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🚀 Today we’re thrilled to introduce EAS Hosting — the first ever end-to-end deployment solution for universal app development.

With EAS Hosting you can deploy and scale universal API routes, React websites, and more! 🌐✨

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expo.dev/blog/expo-an...
EAS Hosting (Preview): Host Expo server code in the cloud with EAS
Introducing EAS Hosting: the first ever end-to-end deployment solution for universal app development.
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January 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This is an interesting detail about the v1 Bluesky mobile app built single-handedly by @pfrazee.com - which was supposed to be a proof of concept only! But became *the* mobile app.

Also shows the power of cross-platform:

1 dev
1 codebase
3 platforms (iOS, Android, web)
Using Expo!
In my experience that’s a lot more common than people think …
November 28, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Logging on
November 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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🥳 It's time to party!

We have announcements, blog posts, videos, and livestreams scheduled throughout the week.

⚡ And we're getting things started today with an SDK 52 Highlight video: youtu.be/quZv3uKSEfY?...
Expo SDK 52: Our largest release ever!
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November 18, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Every PR review would be better if people just recorded a 2 minute loom explaining what they built
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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The latest @expo.dev SDK contains SO many new things 😱

To name a few:

- DOM Components
- Several new packages
- RN 0.76
- Expo Router v4
- CLI & Expo Modules improvements
- RSC
- Headless UI components

Still trying to figure out how to put all of that into a <15 min video 😂
November 11, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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I’m filming a video about Bluesky today, what should I make sure to mention? Hoping to have a positive React Native spin on it
November 13, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Expo and React Native have been enormous enablers for us. If you’re building an app — especially a multi platform app — I strongly recommend that you put Expo/RN at the top of your list
November 13, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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The #1 app in the US is an Expo app
hailey.at hailey @hailey.at · Nov 13
We are the number one app in the United States. I repeat. We are the number one app in the United States.
November 13, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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Modern software:

Getting started with the Froob framework.

To run Froob, you can use Biddle or Sproxnut. If you use Sproxnut, you'll also want to install a Grattle-handler like Lux or Jujuba.

It is also possible to run Froob in open mode under Rattlefunk. This is preferable in some scenarios.
November 9, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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twitter was so bad for so long that i forgot how fun this is
November 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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so we better make this place work huh 😅
November 8, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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the amount of pure value expo has created must be astronomical. i don’t think react native would be viable for smaller companies without it. and it’s free. wild
November 8, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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trying react native without expo to make a reproducing project and let me tell you, it’s a world of pain

i did not realize how much expo was doing for us
November 8, 2024 at 1:57 AM