React Native Radio RNR 342 - Ignite 11: Bison 🦬 with Mark Rickert
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Sep 5, 2025 Mark Rickert, Principal Software Engineer at Infinite Red and an extreme sports enthusiast, joins to discuss the Ignite 11 "Bison" release. He explains the significant shift from MobX State Tree in favor of a more flexible architecture. The new update streamlines development with improved theming options and performance enhancements. Mark shares thrilling anecdotes from his adventurous life, including extreme sports and parenting, adding a humorous touch to the tech talk. The blend of technical insights and personal stories makes for an engaging conversation!
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Released An App Mid-Skydives
- Mark once released an App Store app while skydiving by scheduling review and hitting the submit button mid-fall.
- He waited until closer to the ground for cell signal and then triggered the review action from his phone.
Ignite Is A Practical Opinionated Boilerplate
- Ignite is a React Native app generator that encodes Infinite Red's decade of best practices into a ready project.
- It serves both as a fast bootstrap and a reference implementation for patterns and folder structure.
Use Generators To Standardize Repetitive Code
- Use Ignite generators to create consistent screens, components, and models and save repeated manual setup time.
- Customize the templates once so future generated files follow your team's preferred style automatically.