Alex Hunt
@huntie
⚛ React Native @Meta. Loves dev tooling and productivity hacks. Avid climber and snowboarder. Optimist. Posts about React Native / Apps / Tech
Seriously hoping this improves in upcoming betas and we get some space efficiency back. Especially, dropping the floating sidebar 😓
Just installed macOS Tahoe and I have very mixed feelings. It feels very cluttered, so many effects and shadows and overlays and my brain does not like it
So good this year! Loved hanging out with everyone
Still recovering from App.js Conf 2025 🤯🎉 If you know, you know. If you missed it… Well, we made you a little something. The official aftermovie is here! 🎥
Hermes engine has been such a slam dunk for instant launch times in React Native.
Tesla’s Robotaxi app is extremely fast. You can have a Robotaxi on the way in less than 30 seconds.
React Native 0.80 is now available! This release includes React 19.1, stability improvements to our JavaScript API, freezes the Legacy Architecture, and more. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/06/1…
React Native is native ⚛️💪🏻
I just updated Xcode and react native bottom tabs works flawlessly. That's the true power of React Native :)
Glass everywhere might get old fast 😅 Specifically looking at you, video player! #WWDC25
Kind of nervous about Apple's incoming platform redesigns this WWDC 😅 Hopefully done iteratively and well.
Throwback to last week's @appjsconf afterparty with @DelphineBugner @cortinico
Things 3 would be *perfect* if I could disable the Logbook feature. I'm one misclick away from destroying a highly organised sidebar of completed projects that I'll want to review in 6mo. Better still if "Log Completed" worked per item/project. @culturedcode
It’s time to dive deep with @huntie from the Meta team into the new JS Stable API coming to React Native soon! High-quality in-code comments, autogenerated types, better code encapsulation, leaner imports, and more.