Weekly Digest
Jun 8 - Jun 14, 2026
3 articles that week
Friday, Jun 12
Building Arrive's Confetti in React Native with Reanimated
Joel Besada from Shopify reveals how they built a delightful confetti animation in React Native that runs at 60 FPS without blocking the JavaScript thread. The secret? Declarative animations that execute entirely on the native UI thread.
Wednesday, Jun 10
Remote Compose looks promising
Costa Fotiadis from Just Eat Takeaway just tested Google's Remote Compose in production scenarios, and the results are surprisingly good. Could this alpha library finally kill WebViews for server-driven UI?
How a Kotlin compiler plugin cut Android time to first render by 30%
Łukasz Kosmaty from Expo just shipped a compiler plugin that cuts Android app startup time by 30%. No code changes required for developers.