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Simon talks with Brandon Austin, React Native developer by day and indie hacker at night. We discuss Brandon's journey from Personal Trainer to Software Engineer, burning money on Google APIs and React Native UI Kitten, a library following Apple's Styleguide. Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Brandon Austin Twitter: https://twitter.com/bran_aust Website: https://www.branaust.com

Simon talks with Fernando Rojo, creator of successful packages like solito, moti or dripsy. We dive into building cross-platform apps with React Native and Next.js, how solito unifies routing in mono repositories, and what the future of universal apps looks like! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Fernando Rojo Twitter: https://twitter.com/FernandoTheRojo Github: https://github.com/nandoroj...

Simon talks with Rodrigo Figueroa, a React Native developer from Chile. We dive deep into building universal apps for iOS, Android, and the web with React Native, plus tools like Solito and Rodrigos packages around MedusaJS and Vercel AI! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Rodrigo Figueroa Twitter: https://twitter.com/bidah Github: https://github.com/bidah Universal Medusa: https://universa...

Simon talks with Alexandre Moureaux, a React Native developer focused on the performance of mobile apps. We dive into how to measure your app's performance, simple tricks to improve it, and his tool Flashlight to easily see your app's vital metrics! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Alexandre Moureaux Twitter: https://twitter.com/almouro Flashlight: https://flashlight.dev Links Measuring a...

Simon talks with Jan Van Echelpoel, an independent digital product builder. We talk about Jans game Nightlands and what goes into developing a game with React Native, as well as the challenges of mobile games and the work they require. Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Jan Van Echelpoel Twitter: https://twitter.com/echlpl Website: https://www.jve.works Nightlands: https://nightlands.app Li...

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! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Marc Rousavy Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrousavy Website: https://mrousavy.com/ Margelo: https://m...

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! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Benedikt Müller Twitter: https://twitter.com/bndkt Website: https://bndkt.com/ Feld: https://feld.app/ Share my Stack: https:...

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. Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Nate Wienert Twitter: https://twitter.com/natebirdman Tamagui: https://tamagui.dev Links Tamagui Takeout: https://tamagui.dev/takeout T...

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! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Daniel Williams Twitter Blog Github YouTube Links SST: https://sst.dev/ Arro: https://www.arrofinance.com/ Storybook: https://storybook.js.or...

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...

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! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev 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...

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...

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....

Simon talks with Paweł, a developer, and indie hacker. Pavel explains the ideas and technology behind his new side project Fitmate and shares technical insights into using Firebase, Expo and Nativebase. Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Pawel Twitter: https://twitter.com/pawelkarniej Fitmate: https://fitmateapp.co/ Links : React Native Gifted Chat: https://github.com/FaridSafi/react-native...

Simon talks with David, a freelance designer and developer. We talk about the React Native community, how shipping apps is a muscle you can train, and how Tamagui and Expo play together. Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev David Twitter: https://twitter.com/flexbox_ David Website: https://davidl.fr/ David GitHub: https://github.com/flexbox Links : Release Checklist: https://flexbox.gumroad.c...

Simon talks with Hosna, a software developer and YouTube creator. We go over Hosnas transition to web development and later her move from Next to React Native to build her new women's sports app! Learn React Native - https://galaxies.dev Hosna Twitter: https://twitter.com/hqasmei Hosna YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hqasmei Hosna GitHub: https://github.com/hqasmei Links: React Native Shimmer: h...