Hey Reader,

If you’ve ever wondered, “Could someone really build a better React Native?” - well, apparently Snapchat thought so.

This week’s podcast dives into:

🎙️ Valdi vs React Native, Uniwind v1, WebGPU, Game Dev & AI Engineering

I share my take on:

• 🧱 Valdi, Snapchat’s new (but 8-year-old) cross-platform UI framework
• 🌬️ Uniwind v1 and how Hero UI Native is built on top of it
• 🎮 A peek behind the scenes of building my Tiny Harvest game with AI tools

👉 Listen to the episode here​
😎 Watch the episode here​

Links to more updates below - and as always, keep building & keep shipping.
Simon ✌️​

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✨ Valdi vs React Native, Uniwind v1, WebGPU, Game Dev & AI Engineering

This week’s episode is packed with performance breakthroughs, new UI tooling, graphics innovation, and my own deep dive into AI-assisted game development.

👉 Watch the Podcast​
🎧 Listen to the Podcast​

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💫 Nebula Notes

1. ​Valdi - Another Cross-Platform Framework? (Release)
   Snapchat released their own cross-platform framework they've used for 8 years - can it compete with React Native?
2. ​Animated Text with Reanimated (Improvement)
   I always hated to install another library to animate Text elements in my app, but looks like it's finally coming to Reanimated!
3. ​Apple Mini Apps Partner Program (Announcement)
   Apple just paved the way for vibe coders and developers creating mini apps and games with web tech - what a lovely name.
4. ​npx testflight is underrated (Opinion)
   While working on my new game I noticed how incredible powerful the testflight command is. From CLI to testflight email, just wow.

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