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Josh McFarlin

@joshmcf.bsky.social

Engineer at Gradient

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Panel 1: "Hi! My name is Jason". Panel 2, second person: "Ah! Nice to meet, you Jason". Panel 3, the person is taking that name and trying to jam it into their brain, where there are already some squares in their cartoon head. A small rectangle says "friends", a small one says "family", and a much larger one is the Expo logo. The first person's name is squished going in, clearly not sinking in. Panel 4, second person: "Say Jarvis, wanna hear about building truly universal native apps with React ath run on Android, iOS, and the web?"

Panel 1: "Hi! My name is Jason". Panel 2, second person: "Ah! Nice to meet, you Jason". Panel 3, the person is taking that name and trying to jam it into their brain, where there are already some squares in their cartoon head. A small rectangle says "friends", a small one says "family", and a much larger one is the Expo logo. The first person's name is squished going in, clearly not sinking in. Panel 4, second person: "Say Jarvis, wanna hear about building truly universal native apps with React ath run on Android, iOS, and the web?"

Sometimes people ask me for my opinions about React Native tech and it's basically just this.

09.02.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
⚑️ Build an app and deploy it with Bolt.new and Expo
YouTube video by Expo ⚑️ Build an app and deploy it with Bolt.new and Expo

⚑️ Build an app and deploy it with Bolt.new and Expo

youtu.be/iCwxkm2PkQE

12.02.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
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.

πŸš€ Today we’re thrilled to introduce EAS Hosting β€” 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! 🌐✨

✍️ @kitten.sh
πŸ“½οΈ @kadi.bsky.social

expo.dev/blog/expo-an...

14.01.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 18

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!

28.11.2024 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

Maybe a SSH agent will eventually come to the Mac version, but until then I’m staying with 1Password

23.11.2024 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Logging on

21.11.2024 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7776    πŸ” 556    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 56
Expo SDK 52: Our largest release ever!
YouTube video by Expo Expo SDK 52: Our largest release ever!

πŸ₯³ 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?...

18.11.2024 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

πŸ“Œ

17.11.2024 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every PR review would be better if people just recorded a 2 minute loom explaining what they built

14.11.2024 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 12

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 πŸ˜‚

11.11.2024 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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

13.11.2024 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 1

Expo and React Native have been enormous enablers for us. If you’re building an app β€” especially a multi platform app β€” I strongly recommend that you put Expo/RN at the top of your list

13.11.2024 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The #1 app in the US is an Expo app

13.11.2024 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

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.

09.11.2024 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 892    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 10

twitter was so bad for so long that i forgot how fun this is

08.11.2024 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4137    πŸ” 475    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 39

so we better make this place work huh πŸ˜…

08.11.2024 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1459    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 5
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Cosmo's Midnight

Big fan of Cosmos Midnight when working

open.spotify.com/artist/4Vivs...

08.11.2024 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

08.11.2024 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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

08.11.2024 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 7

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