So excited to move my API Routes to expo!

Watched Theo research and talk about Bluesky yesterday while he prepped for a video. Was pretty cool to learn the history and the mission of the company.

It's way more important than just a social app. Happy to join and support it.

Love that its OSS and so easy to build locally.

Eager to hear how this goes.

"As of today, the only recommended community framework for React Native is Expo. Folks at Expo have been investing in the React Native ecosystem since the early days of React Native and as of today, we believe the developer experience offered by Expo is best in class."

There's a lot to keep in mind, and many choices to make when you're starting a new project. Here are some suggestions to help you kickstart your next Expo app.

This is great for speeding up your workflow.

Custom builds are the most convenient way to orchestrate advanced workflows before or after a build. This blog explains how and when to use custom builds.

What if you don't wanna use Legend State? What are other options you recommend for persisting state?

Good question - I've heard about people use watermelon DB but haven't tried myself yet - see here https://supabase.com/blog/react-native-offline-first-waterme...

Learn the fundamentals of React Native development in Expo in this quick breakdown. With Expo, we can build apps for iOS, Android, and the web from a single JavaScript codebase.

That blog is from 2020. I'd love to hear more about how Shopify is building with React Native today.