Rocket Ship 087 - React Native 0.83, Security Vulnerability, Faster Builds, Expo Router Sneak & AI Coding Challenges
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This week’s episode covers a big React Native release, a critical React security vulnerability, and a wave of performance and DX improvements across the ecosystem. I also share updates from Tiny Harvest and talk about the realities of AI-assisted coding as projects grow.
⚛️ React Native Radar
- 🚀 React Native 0.83 released
- 📦 Release overview & what’s coming next in RN
- 📊 State of React Native 2025 Survey is now open
- 🎞️ Reanimated 4.2.0 with SET support
- ⚡ Pre-built artifacts config plugin for significantly faster builds
- 🔗 Detour – a new developer-friendly deep linking library
- 🧾 True Sheet 3.0 released
- ☁️ Nitro Cloud Uploader – resumable, background-friendly uploads
- 🔐 react-native-quick-crypto 1.0 – fast JSI-based crypto APIs
- 🧭 Expo Router previews
- 🧩 iOS Widgets with Expo UI – native widgets driven from JS
🧠 From My Projects:
- 🔧 Major refactor
- 📊 Added app events & analytics
- 🛍️ Brand new App Store page
🚨 Trending in Tech
- Critical security vulnerability in React Server Components
🚀 Learn React Native: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero
🔥 Weekly Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@galaxies_dev
❤️ Socials
👨💻 Apps
- Tiny Harvest: https://tinyharvest.app/
- Matrix Manager: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/matrix-manager-task-manager/id6739463021
- Quick Track: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-track-calorie-counter/id1669892980
🔗 Links
- React Native 0.83: https://reactnative.dev/blog/2025/12/10/react-native-0.83
- React Native Releases: https://reactnative.dev/docs/next/releases
- State of React Native survey: https://survey.2025.stateofreactnative.com/
- Reanimated 4.2.0: https://blog.swmansion.com/introducing-reanimated-4-2-0-71eea21ca861
- RN Pre-Built Artifacts: https://rnrepo.org/
- Detour for Deep linking: https://docs.swmansion.com/detour/
- True Sheet 3: https://sheet.lodev09.com/blog/release-3-0
- RN Nitro Cloud Uploader: https://github.com/Gautham495/react-native-nitro-cloud-uploader
- RN Quick Crypto: https://github.com/margelo/react-native-quick-crypto
- Expo Router Preview: https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/1998438240291049931
- Expo UI Widgets: https://x.com/k7grzywacz/status/1998387025615978645
- Critical Security Vulnerability: https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components
- Mitigating vulnerabilities in RSC: https://expo.dev/changelog/mitigating-critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components