React Native Radio
Exploring React Native Together
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Mazen and Robin are joined by fan-favorite Taylor Desseyn to discuss how the React Native job market has shifted in 2025 and why community matters more than ever. They break down what skills companies want now and how developers can stand out in a tighter market.
Show Notes
- RNR 302 - Landing a Job with Taylor Desseyn
- Thelma & James (The band Taylor worked with that went viral on TikTok)
- Torc
- Torc's Community (Discord)
- Infinite Red C...
Mazen and Jamon chat with Simon Grimm about his move from Ionic pioneer to React Native creator. Simon highlights key cross-platform trends, why React Native’s future looks exciting, and how he supports developers through Galaxies.dev.
Show Notes
- Simon Grimm's podcast, Rocket Ship: https://podcast.galaxies.dev
- Zero to Hero, Launch Your First Real Mobile App in 30 Days: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero
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Mazen talks with Alex Lanclos from Skylight about how they power their wildly popular smart displays with React Native! Mazen and Alex dig into architecture upgrades, performance wins, and why Skylight is so excited about the framework’s future.
Show Notes
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- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radio: @reactnativer...
In this episode, Mazen Chami sits down with Mustafa Ali (Director of Engineering and Head of Mobile at Shopify) and Thiago Magalhães (Staff Software Developer at Shopify) to dive deep into Shopify’s transition to the new React Native architecture.
Show Notes
- Shopify Blog: Migrating to React Native's New Architecture by Thiago Magalhaes
- RNR 319: Shopify goes full throttle throttle on React Native with Mustafa Ali
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Expo SDK 54 and React Native 0.81 are a perfect match—and our hosts Mazen Chami, Frank Calise, and Tyler Williams are here to break it all down. In this episode, they dive deep into everything new in Expo SDK 54, from faster precompiled iOS builds to the sleek Liquid Glass feature and Android 16 support. If you want the complete rundown of what’s fresh, powerful, and ready to use in Expo SDK 54, this episode has you covered.
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This week, Mazen is joined by Infinite Red teammates Frank Calise and Tyler Williams to unpack everything included in the huge React Native 0.81 release. They cover Android 16 support, precompiled iOS builds, and many other updates!
Show Notes
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- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- Frank Calise: @frankcalise
- Tyler Williams: @coolsoftwaredev
- React Native Radio: @...
Chas Jhin, Director of Engineering for Discord, joins our hosts to unpack Discord’s adoption of React Native. Chas opens up about Discord's experience adopting React Native, performance challenges, and the New Architecture.
Show Notes
- Discord's Switch Android to React Native (2022)
- Supercharging Discord Mobile (2025)
- Achieving Native iOS performance with React Native (2019)
- React Native Mornings
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Infinite Red's own Mark Rickert joins to discuss the new Ignite 11 "Bison" release and the thoughtful changes that went into it! This latest update removes MobX State Tree as the default state management to give developers more flexibility, streamlines everything to new architecture-only, and includes improved light/dark theming right out of the box.
He also shared with our hosts why the name of this release is codenamed "BISON"
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Maestro CEO Leland Takamine joins Jamon and Robin to discuss Maestro’s growth, new tools like Studio Desktop and cloud testing, and why reliability matters for automated testing.
Show Notes
- Maestro's website
- RNR 262 - Maestro: The App-solute Solution for Mobile UI Testing
- Flashlight Maestro Docs
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- Leland Takamine: @lelandtakamine
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- React Native Radio: @Reac...
Evan Bacon and James Ide from Expo join us as guests for the second part of React Native Web vs. React Strict DOM!
Connect With Us!
- Evan Bacon: @Baconbrix
- James Ide: @JI
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!
Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of Re...
Nicolas Gallagher from Meta joins Jamon, Robin, and Tyler to kick off a two‑part series on React Native Web vs React Strict DOM. They discuss the origins of each, how Meta is using them, and what they mean for the future of cross‑platform React development.
Show Notes
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- Nicolas Gallagher: LinkedIn
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Tyler Wil...
Michał Pierzchała from Callstack joins Jamon and Robin to talk about the React Native Enterprise Framework, why it’s built for large teams, and how it helps enterprises ship React Native apps at scale.
Show Notes
- RNEF Website: https://www.rnef.dev/
- RNEF Github: https://github.com/callstack/rnef
- Mike Grabowski’s tweet about the RN CLI in 2016: https://x.com/grabbou/status/754780350451224576
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Jamon sits down with Markus Leyendecker from Meta to talk about using React Native on Meta Quest. They cover what’s already working, what’s still coming together, and why mixed reality might be the next big frontier for React Native developers.
Spoiler alert: Jamon might have purchased a headset after the recording of this episode!
Show Notes
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- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- React Native Ra...
Nahue Alberti from Paisanos joins Mazen to break down how they built the Boca Socios app using React Native, Solito, and a universal architecture—plus thoughts on AI testing, fast iteration, and building for real fans.
Show Notes
- "The Universal Way: One Codebase, all platforms" on Paisanos blog
- Paisanos on LinkedIn
- Paisanos on X
Connect With Us!
- Nahue Alberti: @nays1_
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radio: @ReactNativeR...
State management isn’t one-size-fits-all. Jamon, Robin, and Mazen compare tools they’ve used on real projects, where trade-offs show up, and how their opinions have evolved.
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- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!
Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. Wit...
Saad Najmi from Microsoft joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to break down React Native macOS. They discuss how it works, where it’s being used today, the challenges of maintaining cross-platform support, and why desktop might be the next frontier for React Native.
Show Notes
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- Guest: @SaadNajmi
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Hei...
Cedric van Putten from Expo joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to talk about Expo Atlas—a tool for visualizing Metro bundles, spotting bloat, and understanding what your app is really shipping. Plus, the story behind how Atlas was built and where it’s headed next.
Show Notes
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- Guest: @cedric_dev
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radi...
Codemagic CEO Martin Remmelgas joins Robin and Mazen to talk mobile CI/CD in 2025: Why build tooling still has rough edges, how Codemagic handles versioning and code signing, and where the developer experience still needs work.
Show Notes
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- Martin Remmelgas: @martinjeret
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
This e...
New Architecture. New Era. Riccardo Cipolleschi from Meta joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to break down what’s changed in React Native—from Fabric to TurboModules—and why this shift matters for developers, libraries, and the future of the framework.
Show Notes
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- Riccardo Cipolleschi: @CipolleschiR
- Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren
- Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
- Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
- React Nativ...
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