Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

Really confused between React Native and Flutter. I’ve mostly worked with Flutter and a little bit with React Native, but that was quite a while back, so I’m not sure how things stand today.I’m building a project with a Node.js + tRPC backend, so React Native is looking really tempting cause of that Typescript.While researching I&#x27;ve seen mixed reviews about performance in React Native like people saying they&#x27;ve spend weeks finding and managing performance issue which does makes me worry.The app I wanna build doesn&#x27;t have complex canvas work or crazy animations. For a typical production app, what’s the performance situation with React Native vs Flutter now? Are there any major concerns which I should know before looking in React Native?

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Hey everyone! I&#x27;m just trying to share the app I made that launched this past Saturday on Google Play and the App Store. I work in non-profit and have an MFA in Screenwriting. Despite all this unrelated experience I was able to take an idea I&#x27;ve had in my head for about 4 years and bring it to life in 90 days with the help of Codex and Claude. I hadn&#x27;t touched anything related to coding since probably the Myspace days and that definitely doesn&#x27;t count.About the app: Viamour is a new app for finding friends, groups, local events, and curated experiences nearby. It’s not a dating app, and the goal isn’t to keep you endlessly swiping. It’s to help you actually meet people and build community offline.My Stack: Codex, Claude, React Native, Supabase, Resend, AdMob, Revenue Cat, Stripe.I would love an feedback and maybe to help spread the word since there&#x27;s the whole &quot;cold start&quot; problem. I would be happy for anyone that checks it out.I got my first 50 users over the weekend, wish me luck!

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I made a post on the monthly Who&#x27;s Hiring thread, and since then I&#x27;ve been inundated by spammy AI slop messages of people pitching their vibe coded job search platforms. It&#x27;s junk mail to the point that I probably won&#x27;t post on a Who&#x27;s Hiring thread again. I&#x27;m looking for real opportunities, not to sign up for yet another person&#x27;s dead end job search platform. I&#x27;m just curious if other HN folks have had the same experience recently?Here&#x27;s the email I just got today:&gt; I&#x27;m Kelvin — I run Loker Dollar, a small job board for remote roles that pay in USD. I came across your post on Hacker News&#x27;s “Who wants to be hired?” thread — the React Native, React + JavaScript one, based in Nomadic. US and EU, and it&#x27;s exactly the kind of profile the companies we work with are hiring for.&gt; Being upfront about what I did: I added an anonymized version of your post to our recruiter search so hiring teams can find you. Your name and email stay hidden — nobody sees them unless you say yes.&gt; Two one-click choices, no account needed:&gt; Claim &amp; manage my profile&gt; Decide how you appear and who can reach you.&gt; Remove me&gt; Delete the listing, and I&#x27;ll never email you again.I&#x27;m not sure what, if anything, can be done to prevent people scraping and spamming these threads, but I do feel that these threads are being abused, and I really wish there were a way to only allow people who have verified opportunities to contact me about their own opportunities.

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Universal Video Uploader is an open source React&#x2F;React Native component library for adding video upload flows to your app. It handles the UX and background mechanics for single or multi-video upload flows: upload state, file queue, concurrency, per-file progress, abort&#x2F;retry, validation, and backend communication for async processing.It comes with a composable and customizable UI, or you can go headless and use the core hooks to build your own. You can connect it to any backend via the adapter interface, and it ships with a prebuilt adapter for Hyperserve (a video backend API I built).I&#x27;ve had to build this kind of thing a few times and it&#x27;s more complex than it seems, I wanted to try making something drop in that is still flexible and comprehensive. I&#x27;m currently using it as the dashboard uploader for Hyperserve and so far it&#x27;s working great.Try it at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;videouploader.fyi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;videouploader.fyi</a>. There&#x27;s full docs with live demos for every component, plus working Next.js and Expo examples you can run. I&#x27;d appreciate any feedback on it if you have any!

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Product Engineer. Former Team Lead at Community Phone (3 years). 15+ years in software development.Full-stack TypeScript (React, React Native, Node.js), Swift (native iOS apps), chatbots, automation.Currently looking for a remote engineering role.Resume: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;drive.proton.me&#x2F;urls&#x2F;SY0VQ2GZ9W#IJ2BUfTzGPZvGitHub: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;simplisticatedEmail: simplisticated.software@gmail.comTelegram: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;t.me&#x2F;simplisticated

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# This is a Expo Framework

Expo is a framework and a platform for universal React Applications. 
It is a set of tools and services built around React Native and native platforms that help you develop, build, deploy,
and quickly iterate on iOS, Android, and web Apps from the same JavaScript/TypeScript codebase.

# Requirements

- Node.js LTS release or greater
- Git
- Watchman for macOS users

# Recommended Tools

- VSCode Editor
- Yarn
- Windows users: PowerShell or Bash via WS

# Installing Expo CLI

```bash
 # install the command line tools
 npm install --global expo-cli
```

## Getting Started 

Create a new app:
At this point we should have Expo CLI installed on our development machine and the Expo Go App on an iOS or Android physical device or emulator.
If not, go back to the Installation guide before proceeding.

# Initializing the project

```bash
# Create a project named my-app.
# Select the "blank" templata when promped
expo init my-app

# Navigate to the project directory
cd my-app
```

First, run the development server:

```bash
expo start
# or
npm start
```

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