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🚀 Expo SDK 55, AI Dev Skills & Tiny Harvest Surprises

Published 24 days ago • 1 min read

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This week’s episode is a fun one - a mix of new Expo SDK features, AI automation, indie game dev lessons, and a bigger reflection on what’s happening in software right now.

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🎙️ Expo SDK 55, AI Skills, Tiny Harvest Revenue & Industrial Revolution of Software

  • ⚛️ Expo SDK 55 (beta)
  • 💰 Tiny Harvest Game updates & revenue
  • ⚡️ "The Death of Software Development"

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✨ Expo SDK 55, AI Skills, Tiny Harvest Revenue & Industrial Revolution of Software

We look at the latest signals from the React Native ecosystem, then zoom out into what I’ve been building lately, why I can’t stop thinking about my game project, and how AI has quietly become one of the most useful tools in my daily workflow.

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💫 Nebula Notes

  1. ​Expo SDK 55 Beta now available (Release)
    The 2 week beta period of the new Expo SDK starts, and it brings many big and small improvements to our favorite framework.
  2. ​calc() coming to React Native (Tweet)
    So...finally we get calc() support in React Native? This is going to be a big day once it lands in an upcoming version!
  3. ​This Game does better than expected (Short)
    I never thought my game Tiny Harvest would be anything big, but in fact I've been working on it day and night for weeks now!
  4. ​Expo Router v7 in beta (Tweet)
    Evan Bacon shares some highlights from the new Expo Router version, bringing again more native capabilities to React Native.

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