CFChris F Ainapplighter.hashnode.dev·13h ago · 10 min readOur React Native Template Launch Playbook (Config-First)Every new Applighter template ships the same way. A single *.config.ts file gets checked in, a row lands in a Supabase table, and the catalog page auto-regenerates. There is no bespoke marketing site,00
FMFamitha M Ainfami-blog.hashnode.dev·18h ago · 14 min readThe Psychology of Mobile App Design: What Makes Users StayTwenty-five percent of apps are opened once and never touched again. By day thirty, the average consumer app has lost more than eighty percent of its installers. That is not a marketing failure or a b00
YYinginuidev.net·1d ago · 7 min readBuilding an Apple App Clip with React Native & ExpoWhen building a mobile application, one of the biggest conversion bottlenecks is download friction. If someone comes to our website svastha.co through Safari, a social post, or an iMessage link, we'd 00
DSDev sutharinmadebydev.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 4 min readReact Native vs Flutter in 2026: Which Should Your Startup Choose?If you are planning a mobile app, one of the first technical decisions is the framework. In 2026 the two serious cross-platform options are still React Native and Flutter. Both let you ship iOS and An00
AKAshish Kumarinitsashis4u.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 2 min readShip fewer JS threads — a React Native interaction budgetUsers forgive a slow cold start more than a laggy tap. After the first screen, every interaction is a promise: press feedback within ~100ms, content within a few hundred. Pick one number On a mid-ran00
AKAshish Kumarinitsashis4u.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 4 min readA practical startup budget for React Native appsCold start is where React Native apps feel honest. Users do not care that your feature flag system is elegant if the first screen takes three seconds to paint. This is the checklist I use when a React00
CFChris F Ainapplighter.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 11 min readHow to Ship a React Native App in Days, Not MonthsYou can ship a React Native app in days. Not with vibes, not with an AI agent that hallucinates a schema, and not by writing a screen a night for six months. You ship in days when the boring, load-bea00
FMFamitha M Ainfami-blog.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 8 min readOTA Update Discipline in React Native: A Production Playbook for EAS Update Every React Native team I have talked to has the same OTA story. Week one: "this is magic, we shipped a fix in four minutes." Month three: "we pushed a bad bundle to 100% of users on a Friday and spen00
CFChris F Ainapplighter.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 8 min readBuying vs Building a React Native Template in 2026: The Real MathThe buy vs build debate for React Native templates usually goes like this: one side says "why pay for something I can write in a weekend," the other says "your time is worth more than the template cos00
CFChris F Ainapplighter.hashnode.dev·Sep 9 · 11 min readOpen-sourcing parts of our React Native template engineWe open-sourced parts of our React Native template engine last month. Not all of it. The theme engine, the ProductData config schema, the UI primitives, and the docs are public. The Stripe webhook, th00
