Doing stuff with 𝝠 @expo - Creator of launch.expo.dev
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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cedric retweeted
Seriously though, React Native apps can be faster than native apps 🔥.
I'm making a React Native macOS diffing app that git diffs a folder, and renders and syntax highlights it, in 200ms.
And look at that scrolling perf 😍
"React Native is slow" is wrong.
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lmao rent-free
Use SwiftUI (and Jetpack Compose) today in @expo docs.expo.dev/guides/expo-ui…
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cedric retweeted
Same old lie Apple told during Epic v Apple, which they lost, and were later found in contempt of court on, with a criminal referral. iPhone would be MUCH better if AI assistants could compete in a free market, rather than locking out competitors and paywalling what’s left.
Apple makes it clear that Europe is itself to blame for the unavailability of Apple Intelligence.
Apple says Siri AI won’t launch on iPhone and iPad in the EU because regulators interpret the DMA as requiring Apple to give rival AI assistants broad access to private user data and control over apps.
Apple argues this would create major privacy and security risks, and says the European Commission rejected its proposed safeguards, including a "Trusted System Agent" and an 18-month rollout plan. As a result, there is currently no timeline for Siri AI on iOS and iPadOS in the EU.
“We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad when we share our new software releases later this year,” said Craig Federighi."
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"However, given the clear dangers to EU users and the regulators’ failure to acknowledge these risks, there is currently no timeline for Siri AI’s availability in the EU on iOS and iPadOS."
EU overregulated itself. Again.
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cedric retweeted
I’m hiring exceptional software engineers for my team at @SpaceX.
We are a small team based in Redmond, WA (onsite) that owns key parts of the @Starlink user experience: Starlink.com, the mobile app, customer support, AI integrations. No PMs. No designers. You ship from day one to millions of customers.
If this sounds interesting, DM me something impressive you’ve built.
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cedric retweeted
I have 181 great photos from @appjsconfof all you beautiful people 😍
Please RT to help get it to everyone in the photos, and tag anyone I missed. I'll post some highlights, but there's tons more in the album.
Starting with @KimChouard's incredible DJ set at the afterparty!
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cedric retweeted
After 9 years, I just finished my last week at Expo.
Started working on it when I was 19, and it's been the center of my life ever since.
Incredibly grateful to the team and community we built along the way!
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cedric retweeted
Legend List 3.0 is here! 🎉
✨ React DOM support
✨ Even faster, more stable
✨ Perfect initial scroll
✨ KeyboardAwareLegendList for chat and AI apps
✨ Reanimated item transitions
✨ So much more!
It’s been almost 1,000 commits since v2, super excited to finally release it!
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truly believe that very few places will currently be as balanced as Expo while also rivalling the incredibly wide range of things you could freely work on or dive into here ❤️
come apply, no matter if you're passionate about a particular part of Expo or its future, or many ✨
👐 We've been talking a lot about hiring lately.
Our vision for the future of app development is ambitious. We know what we need in order to get there. The roles are listed on our careers page and we'd love for you all to take a look.
If you're passionate about Expo and you see a role that fits your skills please apply: expo.dev/careers
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cedric retweeted
Apple needs to bring back Steve Wozniak to fix these idiotic missteps. It’s not only a terrible move against developers, it’s a move against kids learning to make apps and therefore a move against the future of Apple’s own platform.
Apple has quietly halted App Store updates for popular AI "vibe-coding" applications most notably the $9 billion startup Replit and mobile app builder Vibecode.
After months of pushback, Apple is reportedly demanding major UX changes.
Replit is being asked to force its generated app previews to open in an external web browser rather than natively inside its app.
Vibecode was told it must completely remove the ability to generate software specifically for Apple devices.
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cedric retweeted
Meanwhile, Apple has lost their way. They're not only blocking competing stores outside of EU, Japan, and Brazil; they're actually blocking useful features of developer tools on the App Store, preventing a new generation of kids from learning to code.
Apple pushing back on 'vibe coding' iPhone apps, developers say 9to5mac.com/2026/03/18/apple… by @apollozac
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Mobile Apps by Replit: From Idea to App Store nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1vAxRQwON…
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Having an idea, making it a reality, _and_ launching it - all from your phone?
That's @Replit 🤝 @expo . Try it, it's magic.
Here’s all you need to do to build mobile apps with Replit:
1. Describe your idea & get a React Native mobile app in minutes.
2. Scan a QR code to test your app on your phone.
3. Publish to the App Store directly from Replit.
This launch was made possible by our partnership with Expo.
Try today at: replit.com/mobile-apps
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Awesome to see @expo being in the 2025 “Top 10 oss projects by contributors” from @github. Can’t wait to go even harder in 2026 🚀
github.blog/news-insights/oc…
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cedric retweeted
With launch.expo.dev, deploying to TestFlight is a function of Apple Developer Program complexity.
For individuals starting from zero, this is ~72 hours and $99 (+tax), along with a number of emails and slow webpages.
Going all the way through app review is another story—maybe adds 3-5 days if you performed a tool-assisted speedrun.
In terms of reach, you could parallelize full review time TestFlight. First 100 users via Apple team, then first 10k users via public TestFlight (30min to multi-day review times).
AI currently plays no role in the path of least resistance for deployment since you can launch any existing project, but metadata automation is a prime candidate for agents.
Pretty amazing...
AI literally drove the time needed to learn to code to get an app on the App Store down to zero.
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