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zoontek.me
Frontend & mobile @ http://swan.io • author of react-native-(permissions | localize | bootsplash | edge-to-edge)
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Reinventing the wheel is good for the individual but bad for the organisation, that's why it's frowned upon. But it's a tradeoff. If the organisation gets its way, it ends up with unimaginative drones and wonders why it can't innovate. If the individual needs win, the organisation grinds to a halt

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Tech has entirely turned on the customer www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.

submitted 12 days ago • 51 comments

Okay, let’s make it official: after four months, I’m wrapping up my sabbatical and starting to explore what’s next. If you’re looking for someone with deep expertise in open source, React Native, or cat herding at the highest level... reach out!

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Most people keep forgetting that Open Source and Open Governance sits into completely different axis.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

What a surprise. (no) (ban screens in cars for anything else than infotainment)

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

react-native-permissions 5.4.0 add support for USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, thanks to @danilvalov.bsky.social github.com/zoontek/reac...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

it's been too long since I last blogged, so here's a new post: bloodyowl.io/blog/2025-04...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

🆕 We just released the SDK 53 beta. Please go test it out and make sure it doesn't introduce any regressions for you. Just a heads up that we’ll be releasing fixes and improvements during the ~2 week beta period — some of these may include breaking changes. expo.dev/changelog/sd...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Dopée par l'IA, la demande d'électricité pour les centres de données devrait plus que doubler d'ici 2030, selon un rapport de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie (AIE). Cet appétit énergivore représente un facteur de hausse des émissions de CO2. ➡️ u.afp.com/S58R

submitted 45 days ago • 9 comments

👀 Great talk by @jpudysz.bsky.social at @reactnativeconnect.bsky.social

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

A new version of TS-Pattern is out 🚨 You can now customize the fallback behavior of `.exhaustive()` if the runtime value you get is unexpected. upgrade 👉 npm i [email protected]

submitted 58 days ago • 3 comments

Every mind-bending TV show:

submitted 72 days ago • 135 comments

Sorry React Native libs maintainers, I just opened a lot of issues on GH to raise awareness about edge-to-edge support 😬 If you need help to add support for it, you already know where to find me 👋

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

On point.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

I just released react-native-bootsplash 6.3.4 with support for Swift AppDelegate in Expo plugin (thanks to @titozzz) + react-native-permissions 5.3.0 with new arch support on Windows (thanks to @YajurG) github.com/zoontek/reac... github.com/zoontek/reac...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

I talk about my work and OSS here (in French)

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, this is the last one

submitted 75 days ago • 91 comments

billion dollar companies talking about the solutions they found to scale their architecture and infrastructure might actually be a business strategy to make potential competitors focus on problems they don’t have and kill their velocity

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Biome V2 will ship the new rule noFloatingPromises ⚙️ It's an early PoC, if you want to try it you can install our the preview release biomejs.dev/linter/rules...

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

I’m increasingly drawn to the concept of Product Engineers. I think it aligns with what I’ve always been doing.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Is there any react native library that still cause trouble with edge-to-edge? I didn't get a lot of opened issues lately, despite the growing number of downloads. Ping me if you had any issue!

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

TypeScript 5.8 is now out, with ✅ Better Checks on return expressions ✅ Support for require(esm) in --module nodenext ✅ --libReplacement to speed up program loading ✅ --erasableSyntaxOnly and more! Try it today! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments