Rocket Ship

Simon talks with Marc Rousavy, creator of the popular MMKV and Vision Camera Packages for React Native. We dive into Marc's background in C#, how he built his agency Margelo, and talk about the possibilities of Vision Camera in combination with ML and Skia!

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Marc Rousavy

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrousavy
• Website: https://mrousavy.com/
• Margelo: https://margelo.io/

Links

• React Native MMKV: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv
• React Native Vision Camera: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-vision-camera

Simon talks with Benedikt Müller, a solutions engineer by day and indie hacker by night! We dive into the technical challenges of the AI project Feld, and how Benedikt is using Watermelon with Supabase to build an offline-first app!

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Benedikt Müller

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bndkt
• Website: https://bndkt.com/
• Feld: https://feld.app/
• Share my Stack: https://sharemystack.com/

Links

• Offline-first tutorial: https://bndkt.com/blog/2023/offline-first-expo-watermelondb-supabase
• WatermelonDB: https://watermelondb.dev/
• Powersync: https://www.powersync.co/
• TinyBase: https://tinybase.org/

Simon talks with Nate Wienert, the creator of Tamagui. We explore what Tamagui is, how it helps to build universal apps for native and mobile, and what's the best tech stack for React Native apps that target all platforms.

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Nate Wienert

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/natebirdman
• Tamagui: https://tamagui.dev

Links

• Tamagui Takeout: https://tamagui.dev/takeout
• Tamagui Studio: https://tamagui.dev/studio
• GQty: https://gqty.dev/

Simon talks with Daniel Williams, the maintainer of React Native Storybook. Daniel helps Simon to understand how Storybook works, and how the React Native library can be used to speed up the development of your apps!

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Daniel Williams

• Twitter
• Blog
• Github
• YouTube

Links

• SST: https://sst.dev/
• Arro: https://www.arrofinance.com/
• Storybook: https://storybook.js.org/

Simon talks with Catalin Miron, the expert in React Native animations. We discuss strategies to get started with animations, how interpolation works, and why you should use Reanimated!

Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev

Catalin Miron

• Twitter
• YouTube
• AnimateReactNative.com

Links

• Animations should be fun - AppJS
• Moti
• React Native Marquee 

Simon talks with Vadim Savin, creator of the popular NotJustDev YouTube channel and brand! We talk about Hackathons, creating your own startups with code, finding ideas and niches, Vadims new Accelerator program and how not to over-engineer your side project!

Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev

Vadim Savin:
Vadim Twitter: https://twitter.com/VadimNotJustDev
Vadim YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notjustdev
notJustDev: https://www.notjust.dev/
notJustDev Accelerator: https://www.notjust.dev/accelerator

Links Mentioned:

• Tamagui
• Tamagui Takeout
• Supabase

Simon talks with Cedric van Putten, Engineer, and Jack of all trades at Expo! We talk about Expo vs React Native CLI, improvements for React Native debugging, Expo Router, and what else we can expect from Expo over the next time!

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Cedric Twitter: https://x.com/cedric_dev
Cedric Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cedric.dev

Simon talks with Alberto Moedano who runs a Spanish and English YouTube channel for React Native. We talk about his journey from Unity to React Native, remote work from the USA and his experience with AWS Amplify compared to Firebase.

Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev

Beto Twitter: https://twitter.com/betomoedano
Beto YT English: https://www.youtube.com/@codewithbeto
Beto YT Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@codewithbeto1
Code with Beto Courses: https://codewithbeto.dev/

Links:
NestJS: https://nestjs.com/

Simon talks with Aron Berezkin, a senior React Native developer from Prague. Aron works for a company called STRV, and has been involved in the creation of apps like The Pump for Arnold Schwarzenegger or the #1 Bible app Ascension!

Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev

Aron Twitter: https://twitter.com/AronBerezkin
Aron Blog: https://www.aronberezkin.com/
Aron Github: https://github.com/AronBe
STRV Company: https://www.strv.com/

Links:
The Pump: https://www.aronberezkin.com/posts/portfolio-update-the-pump
Ascension: https://www.aronberezkin.com/posts/portfolio-update-ascension
Mobin app designs: https://mobbin.com/browse/ios/apps

Simon talks with Enzo, an Italian developer who is running his own company. We dive back into Enzo's past with Flutter, how he switched to React Native, and what's different. Additionally, we dive into Enzo's love for React Native Reanimated and explore what's possible and new!

Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev

Enzo Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactiive_
Enzo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Reactiive
Enzo Company: https://www.worklet.it

Links:
William Candillon: https://www.youtube.com/@wcandillon
Catalin Miron: https://www.youtube.com/@CatalinMironDev
Dan's React Native Lab: https://www.youtube.com/@DanRNLab
React Native Reanimated: https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-reanimated
React Native Figma Squircle: https://github.com/phamfoo/react-native-figma-squircle