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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We’re hosting an app.js conf watch-along next week in Kiel. If you’re unable to make it to Krakow and are nearby - feel free to drop by! ⚛️📺

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If your Android builds are taking a while to complete on EAS, try out the EAS_GRADLE_CACHE flag to save time on subsequent builds 🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

JSON.stringify() turns your Date into an ISO string. JSON.parse() gives you back a string - not a Date! TypeScript won't warn you. Your app crashes at runtime. 💀 I hit this in a persisted Zustand store recently. Read more: 👇 www.bitglow.de/blog/date-se... #TypeScript #Zustand #ReactNative

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Serializing Date Objects in Persisted Data Stores

Getting 'is not a function' on a Date object? Learn why JSON.stringify breaks Dates in persisted Zustand stores and how to fix cryptic runtime errors.

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It’s amazing to hear that Expo were successful with their Series B - congrats! 👏 There’s so many awesome things coming out of their stables at the minute, just look at the release notes on the past few SDK updates. Excited to see what’s ahead and can’t wait to play around with Expo Agent too 🤓

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Looks like the VSCode typescript settings have been deprecated in the latest 1.111.0 VSCode release. Make sure to migrate to using the new `js/ts.tsdk` settings instead to avoid any issues! #typescript #vscode

Screenshot of VSCode settings file. The new js/ts.tsdk.path setting is present alongside the deprecated typescript.tsdk setting with a warning message: This setting is deprecated. Use js/ts.tsdk.path instead.

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Whenever I need to setup new App Store Connect or Play Store API keys, I always find myself heading to the @expo.dev FYI knowledge base. The following guides are priceless: • App Store: github.com/expo/fyi/blo... • Play Store: github.com/expo/fyi/blo...

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React Native Radio @reactnativeradio.com · 06/03/2026

🖤❤️ RNR 355 ❤️🖤 This week: React Native Skia for High‑Performance UI with the one and only @wcandillon.bsky.social! @mazenchami.dev and @robinheinze.dev talk Skia, shaders, WebGPU, and how to make React Native UIs feel as polished as native apps. 🪄 Listen here 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I just discovered the i18n Ally VSCode plugin, which has some super neat features for managing local translations in your codebase. I seem to have some trouble getting it working with TS files in a React project but works like a dream in projects with JSON translation files! Link in thread below 👇

A screenshot of the i18n Ally Editor tab in VSCode with a list of translations for each supported language.

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Great post from Julian on how to create app variants with @expo.dev. There’s some neat tricks on how to declare your configs in @typescriptlang.org and also pointers on how to leverage the `extra` property too. Check it out below 👇

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Expo @expo.dev · 26/02/2026

Expo SDK 55 is out 😅 RN 0.83, React 19.2 & a long list of things that make your app faster, smaller, & easier to build ♦ Hermes bytecode diffing cuts update sizes by ~75% ♦ Brownfield support gets a serious upgrade ♦ MCP now queries EAS + TestFlight crashes Full changelog: expo.dev/changelog/sd...

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Expo SDK 55 - Expo Changelog

Learn about the changes and how to upgrade

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I've been playing around with MultipeerConnectivity recently and I got caught out by not declaring the NSBonjourServices in my plist. Adding _myAppName._tcp and _myAppName._udp finally showed the local network permissions alert. 😰

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Huge thanks to @expo.dev for featuring our journey with DEPOT on their blog! Big thank you as well to @baumstumpf.bsky.social for the editorial support 🙏 The path to success was built one step at a time - and those incremental improvements compounded to really pay off. 🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Here are a few dev highlights, I came across this weekend 👓☕️ Give them a skim on your next coffee break — and let me know what you think 👇

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I'm preparing my Star Wars themed talk on TanStack DB for next week's React(Native) Kiel meetup. If you're around in Kiel on Monday evening, feel free to join us for some nerdy fun! ⚛️ www.meetup.com/kiel-react-n...

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Expo @expo.dev · 06/11/2025

🏆 After a week of research and hours of passionate debate we have trimmed 1,200 apps down to 6 nominees for each of the App Award categories. If you are looking for inspiration to elevate your app, you can find it here: expo.dev/awards Congrats to all the nominees!

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Here are some interesting dev reads I stumbled across this week - a mix of practical updates, thoughtful perspectives and a few things that made me rethink familiar patterns. 🧵⚛️

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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 · 19/06/2025

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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Oliver Kwast @baumstumpf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

We made it to Krakow. 12 hour journey ✅ AppJS conf can start now 🤓🚀

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Had some fun today deep-diving into Expo config plugins 🔌 Ran into an issue this week with an outdated plugin, so I used my day off today to fix it and learn more about how it all works. A few takeaways from the adventure below. 🧵👇

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Expo @expo.dev · 16/01/2025

🤯 Did you know that you can instantly add  home screen widgets to your React app with @bacon.bsky.social's new `npx create-target` command!? Join the livestream on January 28th to watch Evan 🥓 show you how to build widgets with Expo. youtube.com/live/hgmAMrV...

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Charlie Cheever @ccheever.com · 14/01/2025

☁️ EAS Hosting is here! In addition to deploying mobile apps to stores, you can now push: - Websites - API Routes - Environment variables We are adding native support via @expo.dev React Server Components soon 🚀 Run `eas deploy` today!

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The @expo.dev examples repo is a great resource for bootstrapping your next big app idea. The templates can be pulled via the create-expo-app command. I’m trying out the with-tv example which supports tvOS & Android TV platforms 📺🚀 github.com/expo/examples

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GitHub - expo/examples: Example projects that demonstrate how to use Expo APIs and integrate Expo with other popular tools

Example projects that demonstrate how to use Expo APIs and integrate Expo with other popular tools - expo/examples

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Bringing the Hip-Hop philosophy to React - awesome presentation and energy from @elizabet.dev - live rapping was very cool! 🎤⚛️✨ #ReactDayBerlin

A presentation from Elizabet Oliveira at React Day Berlin. The speaker is standing at a podium and is presenting a slide showing a retro cassette tape design with the text “Miuki Miu - Fork This (Karaoke).” Below the cassette image, instructions say “Press Play Button.”

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Very cool demos from @steveruizok.bsky.social at #ReactDayBerlin! If you haven’t already, make sure to check out tldraw Computer youtu.be/u1016UnJIgA?...

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tldraw computer - Teaser

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Inspiring keynote from @tej.as on generative AI and making search SOO much better 💡🤓✨ #ReactDayBerlin

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Oliver Kwast @baumstumpf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Made it to #ReactDayBerlin If you’re around come and say hi 👋

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Expo @expo.dev · 18/11/2024

🥳 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?...

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Expo SDK 52: Our largest release ever!

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Here’s a great intro to the React Compiler by @baumstumpf.bsky.social & Janina from the most recent edition of the Kiel React (Native) Meetup. The live demo was super helpful in aiding understanding - make sure to check it out! ⚛️📺

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Hot off the press: RN 0.76 has landed! 🛬🥳 I’m personally looking forward to trying out the new boxShadow & filter style props 🎨 reactnative.dev/blog/2024/10... #reactnative #release

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React Native 0.76 - New Architecture by default, React Native DevTools, and more · React Native

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.76!

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Had a great day in Berlin yesterday! I was super inspired by the server driven UI and generative AI talks. 🤓💡 Big thanks to Geeky Ants for organising the event and making it happen 🙌

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

Here’s a snippet of something I was working on this week. I used the useImperativeHandle() hook to expose a scrollToTop() method on the underlying FlatList implementation ✨ #ReactNative #JavaScript #CodeSnippet

Code snippet displaying use of the useImperativeHandle React hook to expose a scrollToTop method for an underlying React Native FlatList implementation to the parent component.

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

Looking forward to the next meetup this Thursday - it’s all about that BaaS (Backend as a Service) ⚛️📱

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

📣 Join us tomorrow evening for the 23rd edition of React Kiel 🚀 @baumstumpf.bsky.social will be leading an exciting talk and discussion on all things fresh in React 19 🗓️07.03.2024 at 18:30 📍Fleet 7, 24103 Kiel meetu.ps/e/MX3HW/K5Vp... Can’t wait to see you all there 👋 #React #software #meetup

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React(Native) Meetup #23, Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Welcome to the 23rd 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

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Oliver Kwast @baumstumpf.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

We recently went on a trip with our team and had a great time 🙌 We're a completely remote company, so there was a lot to catch up on. We had a blast discussing the past and the future and even managed to squeeze in some coding. How does your team do trips and do you enjoy them?

Lightpainting version of our company name

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

📣Exciting News! The next React(Native) Kiel Meetup has just been announced! ⚛️ Join us for an engaging discussion on all things React, featuring talks on React Query and React Server Components. 🗓️20.11.2023 at 18:30 📍Schauenburgerstraße 116, 24118 Kiel www.meetup.com/kiel-react-n... See you there! 👋

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React(Native) Meetup #22, Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Welcome to the 22nd 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

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Jonathan Bones @bonesyblue.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

Thanks for the insightful talk @hotpink.cool and for bringing along some awesome @vercel.com swag… my tech cap collection is growing 🧢🙌

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Oliver Kwast @baumstumpf.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

Great talk from @hotpink.cool in Hamburg today. Learned so much about Next 13 and the framework defined infrastructure pattern with @bonesyblue.bsky.social

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