Anwer Solangi - React Native Developer

Anwer Solangi - React Native Developer React Native developer building MVPs, optimizing performance, and maintaining production apps.

The old React Native bridge sent everything as serialized JSON, asynchronously, in batches. Every native call — a layout...
26/08/2026

The old React Native bridge sent everything as serialized JSON, asynchronously, in batches. Every native call — a layout measurement, a gesture event, an image load — got packed up, shipped across, unpacked on the other side, and shipped back. That round trip was the source of most performance complaints RN ever had.

The New Architecture replaces that entirely with JSI — a direct, synchronous bridge between JavaScript and native code. Fabric handles rendering on top of it, TurboModules handle native module access, and nothing has to be serialized to get there.

React Native 0.76 made this the default. As of 0.82, the old bridge doesn't exist anymore — there's no flag to turn it back on.

If your mental model of React Native still includes "the bridge," it's time to update it. This is the architecture your app is already running on.

Have you fully migrated yet, or still dealing with an incompatible native dependency? Tell me what's stuck.

Follow for React Native architecture breakdowns every week.

Every new Expo project I start, these 8 packages go in before I write a single screen.expo-router — file-based navigatio...
24/08/2026

Every new Expo project I start, these 8 packages go in before I write a single screen.

expo-router — file-based navigation, no config expo-image — faster and memory-safer than the core Image component expo-secure-store — encrypted storage for tokens and secrets expo-splash-screen — full control over when your splash actually hides expo-status-bar — one line to theme it per screen expo-font — custom fonts with zero native linking expo-constants — safe access to your env and app config expo-haptics — the tactile feedback that makes an app feel native, not web

None of these need a dev build on their own, and together they save a solid hour of setup on day one of every project.

What's the one package you always reach for that I didn't list? Drop it below.

Follow for React Native UI builds and mobile dev content every week.

AI is changing how software is built.46% of code being AI-generated sounds impressive—but the bigger question is: are we...
23/08/2026

AI is changing how software is built.

46% of code being AI-generated sounds impressive—but the bigger question is: are we reviewing it as carefully as we’re generating it?

More code ≠ better software.

AI can help us move faster, but understanding the code, testing it, reviewing it, and taking responsibility for it still belongs to the developer.

The future of coding isn’t AI vs. developers.
It’s developers who know how to use AI well.

What do you think—are we generating code faster than we can review it?

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