Live from the React Universe

A hands-on look at Valdi, Snapchat’s new UI framework: setup, architecture, rendering model, and early developer impressions.

Łukasz Chludziński, Szymon Chmal, and Matt Hargett unpack Hermes V1, covering what’s new, what’s changing, and what’s ahead for React Native performance.

Discover how Zalando scaled React Native across a massive e-commerce app, from internal buy-in to brownfield rollout, and what they learned.

Catch up on everything from TanStack updates and Astro insights to Reanimated deep dive and even Swift for Android. Plus, we celebrate the 256th newsletter!

A live session exploring Lynx JS: getting started, using the community CLI, and building your first app. Learn setup differences and real-world developer workflows.

Learn how to add real-time LiveActivity updates to your Expo app using Swift native modules. In this stream, we implemented Apple’s Live Activities with Evan Bacon’s library, explored ActivityKit, and discussed cross-platform development with Solito 5 and Expo UI.

This week’s Live Dev Session dives into React Native Harness with Szymon Chmal, explores the Next.js 16 Beta and Remix v3 “pre-drop,” and breaks down the biggest React and React Native updates from the community and React Alicante 2025.

React Native Conf 2025 brought huge announcements: React Foundation under Linux Foundation, React Compiler 1.0 and Hermes v1. What’s next for React Native and newest React Features.

React 19.2 brings <Activity> and useEffectEvent, new ideas for React state management arrive, and Vega OS debuts as a React Native-powered Linux OS.

A packed week in the React ecosystem: React experiments with a new <Activity> component, Expo SDK 54 speeds up builds, Expo Router v6 adds native-like navigation, Lynx 3.4 ships inputs & dev tools, TanStack Start hits RC, and React Router previews Framework Mode.

In Week 37 of our Live Dev Session we talked about React Universe Conf with guest Szymon, ranted about AI, explored what React Native 1.0 really means, reviewed Expo updates, and covered the latest moves in the React Native ecosystem.

Nuqs 2.5, Remix v3, Expo Launch, SPM support in React Native, the Jest RFC, and native Text-to-Speech with guest insights from Mike Grabowski.