Weekly Digest
Jul 13 - Jul 19, 2020
6 articles that week
React Native Core Principles and Best Practices
The React Native team at Facebook just pulled back the curtain on how they decide what to build next. Spoiler: cross-platform consistency isn't their top priority.
App Size Matters II
What if I told you a single 15MB increase in your app size could cost your business $1M annually? Farfetch's mobile team did the math, and the numbers are eye-opening.
App Size Matters I
Gonçalo Alvarez from Farfetch drops a hard truth: your bloated app is costing you users, installs, and market share. Here's why app size is a business problem, not just an engineering one.
How We Ensure Credible Analytics on Dropbox Mobile Apps
Marianna Budnikova from Dropbox reveals why your mobile analytics are probably lying to you. And it's costing you two weeks every time you get it wrong.
Swift Service Lifecycle
Tom Doron from Apple's Swift team just open-sourced a solution to one of server development's most error-prone challenges: managing startup and shutdown sequences safely.
Optimizing Notifications in Games
Google Play analyzed platform-wide notification data across all games and found something surprising: more notifications actually hurt retention.