Weekly Digest
Aug 14 - Aug 20, 2023
5 articles that week
The Peacock app just made the switch from ReactNative to iOS & Android and had a significant change in size and startup time
Peacock just ditched React Native for fully native iOS and Android. The performance gains? Significant.
Transitioning to SwiftUI
Daniel Roth from Thumbtack rebuilt their entire iOS component library from scratch in SwiftUI. The result? Faster builds, fewer bugs, and a development experience that finally lives up to the hype.
Making Swiggy Buttery Smooth
Swiggy's iOS team cut their app launch time in half and reduced app size by 8MB. Here's how they did it.
Improving iOS CI/CD Performance: Migrating from Azure to Codemagic
Bevan Christian from IDN Engineering cut iOS CI/CD time by 76.85% with one platform switch. Here's how a simple migration delivered results most teams only dream about.
Improving Comment Rendering on Android
Instagram's Android team faced a brutal problem: complex captions with emojis and links were causing 50ms UI thread blocks, making scrolling feel janky even on flagship devices.