Posts by Alex Kates
New App Submission from beloved community member @alexkates.dev! 🌿
HelloNature lets you capture, identify, and share wildlife with others. Alex built it solo, entirely with Expo.
♢ expo-image
♢ expo-router
♢ expo-updates
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hellonature/id6741009884
#ExpoAppAwards
SDK 54 beta is out 🚀
◆ RN 0.81 + React 19.1
◆ Precompiled React Native for iOS → ⚡ faster builds
◆ iOS 26 Liquid Glass icons + Expo UI
◆ Android 16 edge-to-edge + predictive back
◆ Updates to EAS Update + Autolinking
◆ Final release w/ Legacy Arch
Details in the changelog: expo.dev/changelog/sd...
i read this as "organ trials" smh
bar raiser
dog behind a gate
doggie prison is a ruff life
completely agree
i get more work done, in more hours, during healthier days because commute time is converted into exercise time
Weird A.I. Yankovic
Did elon even say thank you? 🤣
real house wives of dc
i'm so fried
i've built two shopify apps in my career
one in 2022 before the llm blitz and one today
in 2022 it took weeks, and today it took an hour
some of that is because of the llm, but a lot of it is shopify's dx getting way better
hi Karl!
chatgpt knows whos boss
✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go.
If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!
I’m a rich man
It does feel like RSC at least as some sort of side effect that makes SEO/SSR easier though. Maybe a follow up article on that nuance?
Aw thanks mom!
that right there is called the clifton slammer
yooo go ahead @jacobmgevans.bsky.social will be a great one
Wait you’re getting paid for this? They make me break shit for free
This is why I write “do you take bribes” instead
i sang this like they lumineers hey ho song
hahaha split the G mom!
it's almost like aws doesn't want my for loops anymore