Michał Pierzchała

Michał Pierzchała

Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer leading Callstack's Open Source and R&D efforts, ensuring continuous innovation in app development. Passionate about building OSS tools for JavaScript developers and creator of React Native Testing Library. Also, he likes rockets!

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5/13/2025

React Native Legal: Zero-Config OSS License Screens for Your App

Add license acknowledgments to your React Native app with ease using React Native Legal—a zero-config tool for OSS compliance across iOS, Android, tvOS, and AndroidTV platforms.
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3/14/2025

We’re Building a New React Native Framework

Meet a React Native framework designed for enterprise apps, optimizing build reuse, CI speed & cloud integration while staying flexible and self-hosted.
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6/10/2024

Apple Vision Pro: Insights From Conferences and Beyond

Explore key insights from introducing Apple Vision Pro at tech events. Discover its intuitive interface, immersive experiences, and the challenges faced.
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3/15/2023

How to Make Your Open Source Project Repository Contributor Friendly

Check out 5 tips on making the repository of your Open Source project more contributor friendly for both new maintainers & users.
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9/21/2022

Continuous App Performance Monitoring Made Simple With Reassure

Discover Reassure - an open source library for measuring performance regression of React and React Native components of your app.
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4/19/2022

Migrating React and Native Apps To React Native - Everything You Need To Know

Migrate seamlessly from native to React Native - greenfield, brownfield, and best practices covered!
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7/30/2020

Merge of React Native Testing Libraries

We’re merging React Native Testing Library and Testing Library together! Check out what's the story behind that and how it will make your testing easier.
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5/28/2020

React Native Testing Library 2.0 - What’s New?

React Native Testing Library 2.0 is out now! Read the article and find out what's new. Check our migration guide.
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3/19/2016

Meet the Team your Open Source Project Wants

Read about Michał Pierzchała's thoughts on a month spent with Recat Native Open Source Evangelists
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6/12/2025

Build Faster and Scale Smarter With React Native Enterprise Framework

Discover how React Native Enterprise Framework cuts build times, streamlines CI, and simplifies large-scale app development for growing teams.
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10/28/2022

Webpack & Callstack Experts' Take on Next.js Conf

Join Callstack and Webpack experts as they discuss the most interesting tech announcements from the Next.js Conf 2022.
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2/22/2023

State of React Native

In this Coffee Talk Michał Pierzchała, Oskar Kwaśniewski, and Łukasz Chludziński comment on the results of the State of React Native survey. Check it out!
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7/28/2022

Reassure - Open Source Tool Measuring Performance Regression

Explore Reassure, an Open Source tool for measuring performance regression in React Native apps.
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4/27/2022

React v18.0 & React Native 0.68

Introducing Coffee Talks! Dive into the latest news in React and React Native with our hosts.
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12/21/2023

React Native for Apple Vision Pro and visionOS

In this episode, Łukasz invites Oskar and Michał to discuss their experimental journey of bringing React Native to Apple Vision Pro and visionOS.
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5/11/2023

React Native Performance Q&A

In April 2023, we enjoyed talking about performance optimization in the US. We went to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Detroit to meet some amazing folks from the React Native community - we loved the intense thought exchange there!
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6/22/2022

React Native News and App.js Conf

Join Michał Pierzchała and Abi Thiao as they discuss the most interesting talks at App.js Conf 2022 and other React and React Native news.
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2/21/2023

NPM Kiosk and Open Source Monetization

Explore the pros, cons, and lessons from gating access to open source libraries, plus insights on handling payments with tools like NPM Kiosk and Reassure.
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8/11/2020

Look into the Future of React Native Testing Library

The first episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show) provides insights into React Native Testing Library. Mike and his guest give a quick glimpse into the very concept of Testing Library and tell the story behind React Native Testing Library.
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6/7/2022

Callstack Experts on Open Source

Learn how to get started with Open Source, find the right project to contribute to, and explore top React Native libraries from the Callstack community.
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4/27/2023

Callstack OSS Update

April 2023 Callstack OSS Update: RFC for Expo Config Plugins, Re.Pack & Paper news.
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4/24/2025

Native Apps Without a Build Step

Learn how Callstack’s new React Native framework slashes CI times and simplifies enterprise-scale mobile development.
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6/24/2025

React Universe Meetup, New York

Join us in NYC or online for React Universe Meetup: tech talks, real-world insights, and networking with React Native devs. June 24, 2025.
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5/27/2025

Adding React Native to iOS and Android Apps Has Never Been Easier

Learn how to easily add React Native to your iOS and Android apps with a modern brownfield setup powered by Callstack’s open-source tooling.
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5/12/2025

From Hours to Minutes: Making Your React Native CI Builds 20x Faster

Discover how to skip 90% of native builds in React Native CI using RNEF. Includes a live demo and cost-saving insights from Expensify’s setup.
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4/24/2025

React Universe Meetup: San Francisco

Missed the React Universe Meetup SF? Watch the livestream recording soon—talks on RN performance, optimization, and build-free workflows await.
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3/27/2025

Why You Need React Native Enterprise Framework

Learn more about Callstack's React Native Enterprise Framework straight from its creators.
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9/5/2024

Welcome to the React Universe

This is the Keynote talk presented at React Universe Conf 2024, the largest community conference that unites developers and thought leaders to explore trends, share insights, and push the boundaries of React and React Native.
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2/15/2024

Top 5 Metrics You Need to Track When Optimizing Your React Native App

Watch a webinar on optimizing React Native apps to learn the top 5 metrics every React Native team should track to improve performance, reduce load time, and boost user experience.
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9/7/2023

The Invisible Architect

Learn how communication shapes your app development, from code to design. Discover React’s role and leverage Conway’s Law for success.
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5/19/2022

Scaling Teams With Federated Super Apps

App developers shape code, but communication with others truly designs products. This talk explores how React and Conway’s law influence this process.
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5/16/2024

Spatial Computing With React

JavaScript powers a React Native journey on Apple Vision Pro, adapting to spatial apps and visionOS quirks for a unique dev experience.
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7/8/2024

How to Scale Teams, Product Development, and Release Process With Re.Pack

Join us to learn how Re.Pack helps manage complexity in React Native apps, enables scalable teams, and boosts release processes.
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3/4/2025

New React Native Framework for Enterprise Announcement

We know what it takes to make React Native work for serious-scale applications. That’s why we created RNEF—so enterprise teams can build with confidence, efficiency, and full control over their stack.
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2/24/2023

Automated Performance Regression Testing With Reassure

Developers often fix performance issues in React apps, but this is unsustainable and prone to regressions. Reassure, a testing library, helps spot problems before production, enhancing automated testing suites.
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4/1/2025

How to Run E2E Tests on Every PR and Don’t Burn All Your CI Credits

End-to-end tests are notoriously slow and costly—especially in mobile development. This talk introduces new tools and techniques to make E2E testing fast and efficient, so you can run tests on every pull request without draining CI resources.
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