Profile avatar
frankcalise.bsky.social
Senior software engineer @infinite.red. react-native and @expo.dev lover. Virginia Tech Alum. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt. On-and-off Italian language learner.
464 posts 950 followers 173 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

🖤❤️ RNR 331 ❤️🖤 New Architecture. New Era! React Native has entered its next chapter with the new architecture. Meta’s Riccardo Cipolleschi joins our hosts to break down what’s changed—and why it matters. Don’t miss this one! 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

🚀 Never recompile the same code twice. Expo SDK 53 introduces remote build caching for `npx expo run:[android|ios]`. This will save you time on every rebuild. Check out the blog post to learn about this experimental new feature: expo.dev/blog/build-c...

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!

🖤❤️ RNR 330 ❤️🖤 Accessibility isn’t optional. 🚨📱 Karly Lamm joins @robinheinze.dev and @mazenchami.dev to talk pitfalls, screen reader gotchas, and why inclusive apps serve everyone. Listen now 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

Expo Router Livestream next week with @marklawlor.bsky.social is gonna be lit! Click to be notified when we're live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTa...

📺🎉 Expo has added TV support for several packages (e.g. media library, tracking transparency). New demos are available to show Skia and NativeWind running on mobile, TV, and web. Our new app templates for TV have been updated! See our TV documentation page at docs.expo.dev/guides/build...

🙌 SDK 53 is out now! It's a chunky release so take your time combing through the post below. Couple highlights: ◆ The New Arch is now default everywhere ◆ Edge-to-edge is default for all android projects ◆ expo-background-task (no more background-fetch) ◆ expo-maps alpha! expo.dev/changelog/sd...

⛵ One upgrade. Nine React Native versions. From red herrings to native config purgatory — this journey has it all. Real-world errors. Unexpected twists. Hard-earned lessons. And a battle-tested checklist at the end. ⚔️ New post by Dan Edwards 👇 shift.infinite.red/sirens-sagas...

It's official, I'm headed to Appjs again this year. Let's meet up!

I must say the autolinking of native modules in react-native-windows has a great feel to it

Xcode 16.3 broke a lot huh

@jayz.us I put up a PR to fix Legend Photos for Xcode 16.3

🖤❤️ RNR 329 ❤️🖤 The results are in! Thousands of devs shared their thoughts on React Native in 2024—what’s working, what’s painful, and what’s next. Jamon, Robin, and Mazen dive into the State of React Native survey 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

Teaching class this morning!

🚀 Performance matters. In this new post, @bacon.bsky.social shares tactical ways to reduce lag and keep your Expo app feeling snappy—from thread blocking to worklets, background tasks, and more. 📖 Read the full guide: expo.dev/blog/best-pr...

🖤❤️ RNR 328 ❤️🖤 Benchmark your app like a pro. 🔦 This week: @almouro.bsky.social joins our hosts to explore Flashlight and why measuring performance is step one to improving it. A brand new episode of RNR is ready for your weekend listening! infinite.red/react-native...

Unboxing yet another slow Android test device, ama

I have to say it was refreshing not seeing a drug commercial for a week.

🆕 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...

A 30km hike is long. I think my legs finally recovered from Sunday

JFK ✈️ MXP