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Doug Lowder

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Currently at @expo.dev . Building and maintaining React Native for Apple TV and Android TV. github.com/react-native-tvos/react-…

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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 12/09/2026
Yes indeed, you can get through the day using only apps built with React Native and @expo.dev 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRH6...
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What we learned using only Expo apps for 24 hours
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 27/08/2026
Live stream happening right now on Expo Observe -- see what is happening with your React Native apps in production! www.youtube.com/watch?v=INfX...
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How is your app actually doing in production? | Introducing Observe
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Expo @expo.dev · 27/08/2026
Turns out you did not "have to be there" for this one. @kadi.bsky.social's Chain React talk was recorded! Excellent introduction to a new service that measures the performance of your app on real user devices: youtu.be/G9RoD_QpJYQ?...
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How is your app actually doing in production — Kadi Kraman | Chain React 2026
YouTube video by Infinite Red
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szymon @szdziedzic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@expo.dev 🤝 Claude
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szymon @szdziedzic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What’s this? 🤔 Join the waitlist or contact us if you are interested expo.dev/services/sim... 👀
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EAS Simulator: Simulators built for agents
Spin up secure cloud simulators on demand. Your agents install a build, drive it, and verify their own work, running as many in parallel as you need.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bluesky is actually really fun if you block the right 27,000 people
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makeitaccessible.bsky.social @makeitaccessible.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A few weeks ago I spoke at App.js conf again this year. Talk was called “Accessibility in Motion,” diving into what it actually takes to make RN apps usable for everyone. Thanks to everyone who came and asked questions after. 🙌 🫶 youtu.be/e_v94iKMcT8?si… #ReactNative #a11y
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Britta Evans-Fenton – Accessibillity in Motion | App.js Conf 2026
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Expo @expo.dev · 01/07/2026
Expo SDK 57 will be the easiest upgrade you've ever made. One command. No breaking changes. And boom, you're on React Native 0.86. It's also the first step toward a new release cadence we're considering: optional, non-breaking upgrades between the big SDKs: try.expo.dev/bluesky-sdk57
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Expo SDK 57 - Expo Changelog
Check out new updates and improvements to Expo and EAS from the Expo team.
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Infinite Red @infinite.red · 24/04/2026
🎤 Announcing: Mazen Chami You’ve heard @mazenchami.dev on React Native Radio & Live... now see him in person!! Mazen speaks at conferences worldwide AND he's been a key contributor to RN releases. 🔥 Join us in Portland for Chain React 2026! 🎟️ ti.to/chainreact/c...
Image announcing Mazen Chami as a speaker at Chain React 2026
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Expo @expo.dev · 16/04/2026
🥳 We raised some money. Expo is the best it's ever been, and this round of funding will help us get a lot better. With this money we can go faster on the things that matter: faster builds, smoother native integrations, and better e-2-e DX. Charlie wrote about what's next: expo.dev/blog/what-ex...
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Expo @expo.dev · 11/03/2026
🎙️The amazing @ccheever.com is going to talk at our meetup with @workos.bsky.social next week in SF. Prepare yourself for an AI demo, behind-the-scenes intel about what we're cooking, and some wild metaphors that map everything back to reality. luma.com/tymmwme5
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Expo Everywhere in San Francisco · Luma
SF devs, let’s build better React Native apps together! If you're shipping with React Native (or exploring mobile), join us for an evening of practical…
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Expo @expo.dev · 10/03/2026
🙌 Introducing Expo Agent Build truly native iOS and Android apps from a prompt. Anything from React to SwiftUI to Jetpack Compose. Compile and deploy for Apple, Android, and the web right from the browser! youtu.be/3yyy32R0s2k
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Introducing Expo Agent (beta): build real, production-quality native apps from your browser
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Expo @expo.dev · 27/02/2026
Less is more: Bundle diffing comes to EAS Update. Instead of downloading the full bundle on every update, devices now receive a binary patch of only what changed. Result: ~75% smaller downloads. ♦ A 3MB update drops to ~0.75MB ♦ Opt-in beta, safe fallback to full bundles expo.dev/blog/ship-sm...
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Ship smaller OTA updates: bundle diffing comes to EAS Update in SDK 55
SDK 55 introduces bundle diffing in EAS Update. Devices now download patches instead of full bundles, reducing download sizes by up to 75%.
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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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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
feels cruel for Bluesky to have a Popular With Friends tab, if any of us were popular with friends we wouldn't be on Bluesky
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 09/02/2026
Saw Super Bowl ad for new “Disclosure Day” movie and all I could hear was “Epstein Files Disclosure Day”
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 22/10/2025
The joys of being a developer 😀
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Tyler Williams @coolsoftware.dev · 04/10/2025
It took a little longer than we wanted, but Ignite is upgraded to Expo SDK 54! github.com/infinitered/...
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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 ...
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 27/09/2025
I tried to come up with something witty here, but really can’t improve on this quote 😃
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Expo @expo.dev · 18/09/2025
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 ↓
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Expo
Expo is an open-source platform for making universal native apps for Android, iOS, and the web with JavaScript and React.
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dan @danabra.mov · 02/09/2025
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Lean for JavaScript Developers
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Lean for JavaScript Developers — overreacted
Programming with proofs.
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Daniel Friyia 🇨🇦 @wa2goose.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Low key one of my favourite React Native Skia Animations I've ever made
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 14/09/2025
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."
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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...
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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.
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phil 🫠 @kitten.sh · 12/09/2025
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 🧵
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 13/09/2025
Try out Expo UI on both mobile and TV! 😀 github.com/react-native...
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GitHub - react-native-tvos/ExpoUITV
Contribute to react-native-tvos/ExpoUITV development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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 · 10/09/2025
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!
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Mazen Chami @mazenchami.dev · 09/09/2025
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 💦
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 09/09/2025
shopify.engineering/react-native...
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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...
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Tyler Williams @coolsoftware.dev · 09/09/2025
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.
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Expo @expo.dev · 05/09/2025
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...
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Expo for Enterprise Applications
Use Expo to build secure, compliant, scalable React Native applications.
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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · 22/08/2025
I wrote about how I built my app Ductts! cassidoo.co/post/ductts-...
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Ductts Build Log
I built Ductts, an app for tracking how often you cry. Here's how!
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Expo @expo.dev · 20/08/2025
Building apps is easier than ever. But shipping? Still brutal. Until now. 🚀 Today we're introducing Expo Launch. The fastest way to get to the app store. ◆ Skip config ◆ Skip certificates ◆ Skip the maze Press “Launch” → land in TestFlight. expo.dev/blog/introdu...
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Introducing Expo Launch: a new way to get to the app store
Expo Launch makes shipping iOS apps effortless. Skip configs and terminals, and submit directly to the App Store in minutes.
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 19/08/2025
In Expo SDK 54, TV support will include React Native TV 0.81, dev client on tvOS, sqlite, background-task, etc. expo.dev/changelog/sd...
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Expo SDK 54 beta is now available - Expo Changelog
Learn about the changes, how to try it out, and how to give feedback.
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Samuel @samuel.fm · 19/08/2025
@expo.dev config plugin for politely asking the phone to give your app more RAM
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expo-request-more-ram
config plugin for requesting increased memory limits. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 2 minutes ago. Start using expo-request-more-ram in your project by running `npm i expo-request-more-ram`. ...
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Expo @expo.dev · 15/08/2025
Would your CTO hold the 🎤 for you? Great scene last night at our Seattle meetup - hosted by @jim.bsky.social & the @internetstudio.bsky.social team. @pfrazee.com, CTO of @bsky.app, holding the mic for @hailey.at to demo authentication with ATproto in Expo apps. Thanks to everyone who came out!
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 11/08/2025
I’m going to have to upgrade my Apple TVs it seems apple.news/AFDsy4bYeR3W...
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Sorry, folks: The fancy Apple TV redesign is for new models only — Macworld
You'll need a 2nd- or 3rd-gen Apple TV 4K to get the shiny Liquid Glass interface. Editor, Macworld | JUN 10, 2025 4:43 am PDT Amid all the other announcements at WWDC 2025 yesterday, tvOS 26 passed b...
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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Folks: Stop saying that the Metropolitan Police Dept. is under "federal control." The Home Rule Act allows the president to declare an emergency and make requests of the Mayor for MPD services. Chief of Police Smith continues to report to Mayor Bowser. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 11/08/2025
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft, as CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns. GitHub is now moving to Microsoft's AI engineering team, CoreAI, with a new structure for GitHub's leadership team. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
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GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
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Doug Lowder @douglowder.com · 11/08/2025
Anakin-Padme meme... Trump took over the DC police, now he will find the Epstein files, right?
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 31/07/2025
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder. Here’s how to use RSS. www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
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Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
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Expo @expo.dev · 22/07/2025
🎮 Build 2D physics-based visuals in your React Native app with Matter.js + Skia. In this new blog post, @wa2goose.bsky.social shows how to simulate motion, collisions, and interaction—all using Expo, with TypeScript and zero native config. Link + starter project inside 👇 expo.dev/blog/build-2...
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How to Build 2D Game-Style Physics with Matter.js and React Native Skia
Learn how to build real-time 2D physics with Matter.js, Skia, and Reanimated in a React Native + Expo app. Perfect for games, simulations, or fun UIs.
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Expo @expo.dev · 22/07/2025
🥳 Very excited to co-host Chain React next summer with the good people of @infinite.red! See you in Rip City next July!
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
You never know who is going to take the bar stool next to you at The Beer Garden
Small strawberry blonde goat bellied up to the bar next to a human who is enjoying a beer
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Software Mansion @swmansion.com · 10/07/2025
Introducing react-native-wallet, built in collaboration with Expensify! 🚀 💳 A better way to add payment cards to Apple & Google Wallet 🔁 Truly cross-platform support for iOS & Android ⚡ Lightweight, dev-friendly, and easy to integrate 🔐 Secure, compliant, and production-ready in-app provisioning
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React Native Wallet | The Cross-Platform Way to Add Cards to Apple & Google Wallet
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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