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React Universe On Air is your go-to podcast about building cross-platform apps with React and React Native, featuring practical lessons, forward-looking ideas, and talks with industry leaders.
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Oct 28, 2022 • 25min
Webpack & Callstack Experts’ Take on Next.js Conf | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #6
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
Sixth episode of Coffee Talk is all about experts take on the latest Next.js Conf. Our host, Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza) invited two guests – Michał Pierzchała (https://twitter.com/thymikee), Head of Technology at Callstack, and Zack Jackson (https://twitter.com/ScriptedAlchemy), Principal Engineer at lululemon and maintainer of Webpack.
Our guests look into the tech announcements presented during the conference, for example:
Next.js 13
layouts,
React Server Components with Streaming,
Component-based Data Fetching & Caching,
Turbopack: the Rust-based Webpack successor,
and more!
Join our experts to discover their take on the latest tech announcement from the Next.js Conf!
Need help with your React Native project? Give us a shout!
https://www.callstack.com/contact-us?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=coffee_talk_6_first_promo
Check what we can do for you:
https://www.callstack.com/services?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=coffee_talk_6_first_promo
Callstack is looking for Senior React Native developers!
Read more about the role and apply here: https://www.callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=coffee_talk_6_first_promo
Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with upcoming episodes:
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Enjoy!

Oct 25, 2022 • 1h 14min
React Native New Architecture | React Universe On Air #17
In this episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza) dives deep into one of the hottest topics in the industry – React Native’s new architecture. Together with Nicola Corti (https://twitter.com/cortinico), Senior Android Developer at Meta, they explain in-depth the main concepts around React Native’s new architecture.
From this episode, you’ll discover:
How was React Native created, how the framework evolved, and why it needed new architecture?
What was the decision-making process behind restructuring the architecture of React Native?
Nico and Łukasz discuss the pillars of the new architecture:
- new render
- turbo modules
- codegen
- the bridge
After elaborating on the pillars of the new React Native architecture, Nico describes the difference between new and old React Native architecture. Nico shares some elevator pitches for the React Native new architecture and its pillars.
In the next section, Łukasz and Nico talk about modern languages in native development and how they are impacted by the new architecture. Nico mentions languages such as:
- TypeScript
- Kotlin, and
- Java
Afterward, Nico and Łukasz dive deep into the benefits of switching to the React Native new architecture. There are plenty of advantages in the long run, for example, codegen will save you a lot of runtime crashes.
Next, the discussion shifts to some practical aspects, namely, adopting React Native new architecture. Nico clarifies whether it’s advisable to migrate to the new architecture gradually.
The conversation ends with Nico’s insights on what’s coming up with the new architecture in the near future. You can always reach Nicola via his Twitter (https://twitter.com/cortinico) or GitHub (https://github.com/cortinico).
Check out the talk by Joshua Gross, “The New React Native: Bringing the Fabric renderer to the “Facebook” app”, from the React Native EU conference 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Fl6_vKcWw
Discover how we can help your company:
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Do you want to work with us? We’re looking for Senior React Native developers! Check out the details and apply here:
https://www.callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=react_native_new_architecture
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Enjoy!

Sep 19, 2022 • 56min
React Native at Microsoft | React Universe On Air #16
In this React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show Podcast) episode, our host Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza) and his guest, Lorenzo Sciandra, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft (https://twitter.com/Kelset), discuss how React Native is used and developed at Microsoft.
You’ll discover:
- how Lorenzo started working with React Native,
- what he does at Microsoft, and
- what he worked on last week.
Łukasz and Lorenzo dive deep into the main topic of this episode – React Native at Microsoft.
You’ll find out:
- how was React Native introduced to Microsoft,
- what Microsoft apps (either brownfield or greenfield) use React Native,
- how the apps are built.
You can find more details about Microsoft monorepo in the talk at the React Native EU 2021 conference – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAEnPV78rQc
The next topic on the agenda is React Native platforms. Engineers at Microsoft maintain one out-of-tree platform, React Native Windows, and fork, React Native MacOS.
Discover:
- the difference in approach to maintenance between the out-of-tree platform and the fork,
- how the new architecture will impact React Native Windows
- how many developers write apps in React Native Windows, and what open-source libraries do they use.
When it comes to developer experience tools used at Microsoft, Lorenzo mentions extra tooling and libraries, for example, extra plugins for Metro, or open-source libraries, such as React Native Test App (https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-test-app), Fluent UI (https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui), or RNX Kit (https://github.com/microsoft/rnx-kit).
The next topic mentioned in the episode concerns how the administration of React Native works. Lorenzo shares his insights on what the process between Microsoft, Meta, and the community regarding maintaining React Native looks like in general.
The last topic mentioned in the discussion is the current trends in React Native development, for example, new React Native architecture. You can listen to Lorenzo’s talk about the new architecture he delivered at the React Native Wroclaw Meetup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQHzjV90ow
Check out our articles on React Native Windows:
https://www.callstack.com/blog-category/react-native-windows?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=react_native_microsoft_description_link
Discover how we can help your company:
https://www.callstack.com/services?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=react_native_microsoft_description_link
Check out other episodes of our podcast:
https://www.callstack.com/podcast-react-native-show?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=react_native_microsoft_description_link
Do you want to work with us? We’re looking for Senior React Native developers! Check out the details and apply here:
https://www.callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=react_native_microsoft_description_link
Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with upcoming episodes:
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Enjoy!

Sep 13, 2022 • 24min
React Native Programming Languages | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #5
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
In this episode of Coffee Talk, Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and Abi Thiao (https://github.com/abiciao) talk about various React Native programming languages.
Łukasz and Abi discuss the whole spectrum of languages, ranging from:
- very easy languages, for example, JavaScript and TypeScript
- more complicated native languages, for instance, Kotlin, Java, or Swift, and
- more exotic React Native programming languages, for example, Lua.
Łukasz and Abi chat about the pros and cons of every language, share some fun insider facts, disclose which languages you should use to build a unicorn company, and reveal some exotic use cases.
They also share some very, very dry jokes.
Enjoy the Coffee Talk, and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for the latest knowledge on React and React Native.

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Jul 28, 2022 • 1h 3min
Reassure: Open Source Performance Regression Measurement Tool | React Universe On Air #15
In the 15th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show Podcast), our host Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza, and his guests, Maciej Jastrzębski (https://twitter.com/mdj_dev) and Michał Pierzchała (https://twitter.com/thymikee) introduce the Reassure - brand new, Open Source tool for measuring regression in performance in React Native and, soon to be released, React web apps.
What’s more, after the “talking” part, our experts prepared a live coding session to show you what Reassure can do, how it works and how to use the library properly.
You’ll hear about:
What is Reassure?
What problems does Reassure solve?
What problem the library doesn’t solve? Omits on purpose.
Reassure features description.
As the reassure was originally an in-house project created for one of our clients, Entain, in the next part, Maciej and Michał reveal the story behind creating the library and then moving it from in-house project to Open Source library.
You’ll hear about:
The detailed story behind creating Reassure.
Details of the collaboration with Entian.
Full Reassure team.
How to move an in-house library to Open Source? Tech and law challenges.
In the last “talking” part, Maciej and Michał talk about their plans for the future development of Reassure.
You’ll hear about:
Making Reassure first-class support for web React, not only for React Native.
Collaborating with hardware/CI companies to create a reliable, easy-to-use environment to run stable performance tests.
Creating ready to use GitHub Actions to reduce manual setup.
After that, Maciej takes the stage to present the Reassure abilities with a special live coding session.
Check out the Reassure page:
https://www.callstack.com/open-source/reassure?utm_campaign=Reassure&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=reassure_podcast_description_link
Learn more about our Open Source projects:
https://www.callstack.com/open-source?utm_campaign=Reassure&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=reassure_podcast_description_link
Need help with performance optimization in your apps? Talk to us!
https://www.callstack.com/react-native-performance?utm_campaign=Reassure&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=reassure_podcast_description_link
Discover how we can help your company:
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Check out the other episodes of our podcast:
https://www.callstack.com/podcast-react-native-show?utm_campaign=Reassure&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=reassure_podcast_description_link
Do you want to work with us? We’re looking for Senior React Native developers! Check out the details and apply here:
https://www.callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=Reassure&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=reassure_podcast_description_link
You can also watch the episode on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/8pTQKBHFs-8
Be sure to follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with the upcoming episodes:
https://twitter.com/callstackio
Enjoy!

Jul 7, 2022 • 38min
React Native Paper v.5 - Update Overview | React Universe On Air #14
In the 14th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), our host, Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and Łukasz Walczak (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-walczak), maintainer of the React Native Paper library, discuss the current state of the library and its latest update that supports Material You.
What’s inside this episode?
- A little recap reminding us of what React Native Paper is and what has changed since the last episode of the podcast about Paper.
- A list of benefits of using Paper.
- What’s the reason behind renaming Material Design to Material You by Google?
- How did the Paper team manage to update the library?
- How can developers move to the new version of the library?
and many more!
What’s new, after the “talking” part, our experts will present a demo app showcasing the app built with the new Paper and compare it with the previous version of the library’s components.
You can download this demo app here:
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/react-native-paper/id1548934513
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample&hl=pl&gl=US
Team involved in process of adjusting Paper to Material You:
Łukasz Walczak: https://github.com/lukewalczak
Daniel Szczepanik: https://github.com/Drakeoon
Olimpia Żurek: https://github.com/OlimpiaZurek
Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska: https://github.com/p-syche
Jan Jaworek: https://github.com/jaworek
Kewin Wereszczyński: https://github.com/kwereszczynski
Satyajit Sahoo: https://github.com/satya164
Paper migration guide: https://callstack.github.io/react-native-paper/introducing-v5-with-material-you.html
The article we mention in the podcast: https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-native-paper-for-startups-and-enterprises?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=paper_podcast_description_link
Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhprAMK_nYE

Jun 21, 2022 • 25min
React Native News & App.js Conf | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #4
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
In the fourth episode of Coffee Talk, Michał Pierzchała (https://www.callstack.com/team/michal-pierzchala) and Abi Thiao discuss the latest events from the React Native community, including, React Native v5 RC, bundled Hermes, the new version of React, and the App.js Conference 2022.
During the App.js Conf, Michał had a chance to unveil Reassure (https://www.callstack.com/open-source/reassure) – Callstack’s latest library for performance regression testing.
But that’s not the only presentation worth watching! Michał and Abi provide a selection of the most interesting talks:
- Keynote by Charlie Cheever
- Animations should be fun by Catalin Miron
- React Native Everywhere by Taz Singh
- Bringing the React Native Architecture to the OSS Community by Nicola Corti
- How does an Indonesian superapp like Traveloka deal with React Native
- V8 talk from Kudo
- Controlling hardware in a week with Expo and EAS by Derek Stavis
- Magda Jaśkowska’s live coding session.
You can find the live stream from both days of the conference here:
Day 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7bwfNsRKg
Day 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbj33eEultw
Enjoy the Coffee Talk, and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for the latest news on React and React Native.

Jun 14, 2022 • 47min
Migration to React Native | React Universe On Air #13
In the 13th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and his guest, Michał Chudziak (https://www.callstack.com/team/mike-chudziak), explore the topic of migrating from different technologies (native and React web) to React Native.
Our experts discuss:
- why is it worthwhile to invest your time, effort, and money to migrate from native and web solutions to React Native,
- how to plan the migration process and which approach should you pick,
- what is the brownfield approach and how does Callstack use brownfield, and
- how to migrate from React (web) to React Native.
You will find the answers to these questions and much more inside the latest episode of the React Native Show!
If you have any other questions about the migration process, check out our blog post: Migrating React and Native Apps To React Native – Everything You Need To Know (https://www.callstack.com/blog/migration-to-react-native). The comprehensive guide, prepared by one of our experts, Michał Pierzchała, covers every topic related to migration from React web app to React Native.

Jun 7, 2022 • 24min
Open Source | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #3
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
The 3rd edition of Coffee Talks focuses on Open Source (OSS). Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and Michał Pierzchała (https://www.callstack.com/team/michal-pierzchala) give ideas about how to get started with the OSS space and why you should get involved!
They also explain how Open Source works in general and how much it matters for us, Callstackers! We basically live and breathe Open Source (https://www.callstack.com/open-source) - it’s in our DNA.
Find us in the Open Source community - these are our repos:
- react-native-paper: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-paper
- repack: https://github.com/callstack/repack
- react-native-testing-library: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-testing-library
- react-native-builder-bob: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-builder-bob
- react-native-pager-view: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-pager-view
- linaria: https://github.com/callstack/linaria
- react-native-brownfield: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-brownfield
- react-native-slider: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-slider
- react-native-windows-hello: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-windows-hello
Enjoy the talk! Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel to stay updated!

May 17, 2022 • 28min
Top Resources for Developers | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #2
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
In this Coffee Talk Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska and Łukasz Chludziński provide a lot of ideas for staying up to date with the community news. They discuss the most valuable resources such as newsletters, top Twitter accounts, blogs, podcasts, conferences, GitHub and release notes:
Newsletters: The React Native Newsletter, Tyler’s (ui.dev) newsletter, JavaScript Weekly, Cassidy Williams’s newsletter
Twitter accounts:
official React and React Native accounts
Callstack, Remix, Next, Vercel
accounts of people who are well-known in the community: Angie Jones (@techgirl1908), Sara Vieira (@NikkitaFTW), Kadi Kraman (@kadikraman), Evan Bacon (@Baconbrix), Dan Abramov (@dan_abramov), Lorenzo Sciandra (@Kelset), Rick Hanloni (@rickhanlonii), Ryan Cavanaugh (@SeaRyanC), Cassidy Williams (@cassidoo), Michal Pierzchala (@thymikee), Wes Bos (@wesbos), Jamon Holmgren (@jamonholmgren), Kent C Dodds (@kentcdodds), Michael Jackson (@mjackson), Ryan Florence (@ryanflorence), Sebastien Lorber (@sebastienlorber)
Conferences:
React Native EU https://hubs.li/Q01bt5WQ0
React Summit https://reactsummit.com/
Chain React https://cr.infinite.red/
Podcasts:
The React Native Show https://hubs.li/Q01bt7gK0
React Native Radio https://reactnativeradio.com/
DevSpresso JS News https://bit.ly/3LnLYmC
YouTube channels:
Ben Awad https://www.youtube.com/c/BenAwad97
William Candilion https://www.youtube.com/c/wcandillon
Fireship.io https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship
The overview of resources will come in handy for every React Native developer regardless of whether you have much experience or you are new to the React Native world.