Charlie Cheever and James Ide, co-founders of Expo, share their journey in building a framework that simplifies cross-platform mobile app development with React Native. They discuss how Expo's pre-built APIs expedite access to hardware features and enhance the user experience. The duo highlights challenges faced by developers in achieving a native app feel and explains the benefits of cloud services, like automatic app submission. Their insights emphasize a collaborative approach to empowering developers and fostering innovation within the mobile development community.

Guest Charlie Cheever shares his journey from coding in Q basic to working at Facebook, while discussing the evolution of gaming on Facebook and the transition to mobile app development. Highlights include Expo's role in COVID app development and the advantages of using Expo in React Native development.