7 React Native Performance Tips, Uniwind Livestream & Black Friday is on! ๐Ÿš€


Hey Reader,

If your React Native app is a bit too chill in productionโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve got a video for you.

๐ŸŽฅ 7 Tips to Make Your React Native App Blazing Fast! ๐Ÿš€

From render bottlenecks to animation lag and memory management - these are the tips I wish Iโ€™d known earlier.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the video hereโ€‹

And this Wednesday, Iโ€™m going live again!

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Livestream: โ€œUniwind โ€“ Fastest Tailwind for React Native?โ€
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Iโ€™ll check out what makes Uniwind special, how it compares to NativeWind, and maybe even rebuild some layouts live.

๐Ÿ–ค Also: the Black Friday sale is live on Galaxies.dev - people are already grabbing the offer. If you were waiting for the best time to join PRO, this is it.

Links below - and as always, keep building & keep shipping.
Simon โœŒ๏ธโ€‹


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โœจ 7 Tips to Make Your React Native App Blazing Fast! ๐Ÿš€

Who doesn't want a faster React Native apps? There are some easy and practical things you can do to make sure your users love your app.

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๐ŸŽฅ Uniwind - Fastest Tailwind for React Native?

This week I'm testing Uniwind live on stream - come join me and explore how it works and if it's the styling solution for your next app!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Get notified when the livestream startsโ€‹


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๐Ÿ’ซ Nebula Notes

  1. โ€‹Grid Support coming to React Native (Feature)
    Finally another system to layout our app next to Flexbox - grid support is not yet merged but the code seems ready.
  2. โ€‹Use Radon IDE for free (Announcement)
    Software Mansion announced a free plan for their React Native specific IDE Radon. Get it before they think twice!
  3. โ€‹How we built the v0 iOS app (Article)
    What a banger article by Fernando Rojo about their v0 app, including tons of tips and actual code snippets.
  4. โ€‹Skia now supports zIndex (Tweet)
    While I didn't know what feature I was missing, every tweet from William Candillon just looks so beautiful.

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