Tyler Williams

Tyler Williams

@coolsoftware.dev

Staff software engineer @infinite.red. React Native enthusiast. Hacking on: https://yatsi.dev I write good code and bad jokes. Or wait is it bad code and dad jokes?

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React Native Radio
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🖤❤️ RNR 375 ❤️🖤 Another RNR Explains is now in podcast apps everywhere! This week: @robinheinze.dev and @mazenchami.dev explain how @expo.dev's EAS Update delivers over-the-air updates to React Native apps. Don't miss it 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 375 - RNR Explains: EAS UpdateRobin and Mazen explain how Expo's EAS Update delivers over-the-air updates to React Native apps. They also cover what you can safely ship, how updates reach users, and why runtime versions and rollba...

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React Native Radio
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🖤❤️ RNR 374 ❤️🖤 We're back with another Real Life React Native!! Wojciech Ogrodowczyk joins our host @mazenchami.dev to chat about building the app "Dreaming: Language Learning" with React Native. Check it out 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 374 - Building "Dreaming: Language Learning" with React NativeMazen talks with Wojciech Ogrodowczyk of Brains & Beards about building "Dreaming: Language Learning" with React Native. They share lessons on offline video, mobile performance, native modules, and us...
Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

Good lord we got hit with the “only approved for at risk groups” line while trying to get a COVID booster. Friendly reminder that being overweight makes you qualify for it (my BMI is finally leading to positive health outcomes).

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🖤❤️ RNR 373 ❤️🖤 We're back with another episode of Real Life React Native! This week: Mark Goldstein of Chime shares practical lessons from React Native at scale. From app startup to OS differences, Mark talks with Mazen about it all. Listen 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 373 - Real Life React Native: ChimeIn another episode of Real Life React Native, AI can pass the tests and still miss the point. Mark Goldstein of Chime explains how Chime keeps humans in the loop: people try React Native app changes i...

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🖤❤️ RNR 372 ❤️🖤 We still can't believe how unbelievably fun Chain React 2026 was! From @expo.dev's keynote to the trend of AI, @gantlaborde.com joins us to talk about everything he noticed at this year's conference. Listen: infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 372 - Looking back on Chain React 2026Gant Laborde returns to the podcast for a recap of all things Chain React! Robin and Mazen chat with Gant about the trends he saw at Chain React this year — from Expo's keynote to AI's growing role in...

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🖤❤️ RNR 371 ❤️🖤 This week we explain PanResponder! @robinheinze.dev and @coolsoftware.dev unpack how the gesture API works, where it slows down, and why you'll still reach for Gesture Handler. Listen: infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 371 - RNR Explains: Pan ResponderHow does React Native handle touch gestures? Robin and Tyler unpack PanResponder's callbacks, gesture state, and JavaScript-thread performance, plus why you'll still reach for React Native Gesture Han...
Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

New York turn up! I'm really excited to hang out with @expo.dev and Chime, talkin' mobile apps and AI. HMU if you're planning to go.

Mazen Chami@mazenchami.dev

Are you based in NYC, well, you should join us on Sept 24 for a joint @expo.dev x @infinite.red x Chime meet up. Register here: luma.com/fegsycpl?tk=...

luma.comExpo AI NYC Meetup x Infinite Red x Chime · LumaExpo x Infinite Red x Chime NYC Meetup! Join Expo, Infinite Red, and Chime to see how we’re applying AI to cross-platform app development and evolving the way…

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Infinite Red
@infinite.red

EVERY TALK from Chain React is now available to rewatch on YouTube! 🎥 From Charlie Cheever’s keynote on the future of mobile development to the crowd-favorite Software Squares game, relive it all on the official playlist. Link in 🧵

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🖤❤️ RNR 370 ❤️🖤 What does it take to bring AI agents into a React Native app? We talk with @mikeryan.dev of CopilotKit about generative UI, shared state, and the guardrails that keep people in control. Listen: infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 370 - CopilotKit with Mike RyanRobin and Mazen talk with Mike Ryan of CopilotKit about bringing AI agents to React Native apps. They break down AG-UI, generative UI, shared state, and the guardrails developers need to build useful,...
Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

A humble little explainer episode for this week. Fun if you like thinking about RN internals!

React Native Radio@reactnativeradio.com

🖤❤️ RNR 369 ❤️🖤 This week: RNR Explains React Native's AppRegistry! Host @robinheinze.dev is joined by special guest (and part-time podcast editor) @coolsoftware.dev to break it all down. Listen now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 369 - RNR Explains: AppRegistryRobin Heinze and Tyler Williams break down React Native’s AppRegistry! From Expo and app entry points to brownfield apps and more, see what’s happening under the hood and build mobile apps with even m...
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Hey look I’m in this one!

React Native Radio@reactnativeradio.com

🖤❤️ RNR 368 ❤️🖤 This week: RNR explains Fabric! Our host, @robinheinze.dev, is joined by part-time editor and full-time Staff Software Engineer @coolsoftware.dev to break it all down. The best part? No sewing required! Listen now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 368 - RNR Explains: FabricRobin and Tyler Williams of Infinite Red unravel Fabric, React Native’s modern rendering system. No sewing required! They explain how Fabric speeds up mobile apps and unlocks concurrent React features...

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🖤❤️ RNR 367 ❤️🖤 This week is the long awaited AMA!! We answer it all... ➡️ AI coding tools ➡️ React Native vs Flutter ➡️ Expo Router vs React Navigation ➡️ App performance ➡️ Mobile architecture ➡️ Consulting lessons Listen now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 367 - Ask Us Anything (AMA)Robin and Mazen tackle a listener Q&A covering React Native, AI, mobile development, Expo Router, Flutter, performance, consulting, and code quality. They share practical engineering insights, real wo...
Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

My strategy of getting drunk to fix my flying anxiety rocks because I get to be drunk on a plane but also anxious anyways and then eventually also hungover.

Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

Try as I might, I always have such a painful time with programming languages that require headers. It frustrated me when I was learning objective-C in high school, and it frustrates me now when I write C++ lol.

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🖤❤️ RNR 366 ❤️🖤 AI has tech moving faster than ever. But is it secure? 🛡️ This week: @robinheinze.dev and @mazenchami.dev discuss React Native security, supply chain attacks, dependency risks, and best practices every mobile team should know. Listen now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 366 - Securing React Native Apps in the AI EraRobin and Mazen unpack the rise of AI-powered security threats, from the TanStack breach to compromised React Native packages and GitHub supply chain attacks. Learn practical ways to secure your React...
Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

Chain React is gonna have some of the best swag.

JP ✨@justinpoliachik.com

I made something fun a deck of whimsical RN Developer Characters printed decks are ordered. I can't wait to give these out at Chain React!! BUT in the meantime, take the quiz below to find out -- which one are you???

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React Native Radio 364 - AI Triforce with Gant Laborde Full episode available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. Hosts: @robinheinze.dev @mazenchami.dev Editors: @jedbartausky.bsky.social @coolsoftware.dev Listen 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 364 - AI Triforce with Gant LabordeMazen and Robin welcome Gant Laborde of Infinite Red to discuss AI Triforce, a practical framework for AI-powered software teams. They explore agentic coding, governance, testing, code quality, and em...

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🖤❤️ RNR 363 ❤️🖤 AI coding tools are moving fast 👀 This week: @robinheinze.dev and @mazenchami.dev talk Claude, Cursor, Expo Agent and what building React Native apps actually looks like in the AI era. Listen now 👇 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 353 - Building React Native Apps in the AI EraFeeling overwhelmed by all the new AI coding tools for React Native development? In this episode, Robin and Mazen talk through how they’re actually using tools like Claude, Cursor, and Expo Agent to b...
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@coolsoftware.dev

Yatsi can finally return values from functions. And recursion just sort of works out of the box (I do have to add some call stack limits just in case): No real closures yet. Once I add that, I'll start working on some fun visualizations for how that all works under the hood.

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@coolsoftware.dev

It doesn't! So you have to emit some bytecode as a placeholder first, and remember where you set your placeholders. When you're done compiling the relevant blocks of your if/else, you take note of your current position, and fill in those placeholders to say "hey the jump should end up over here"

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@coolsoftware.dev

If your compiler only has one pass at the nodes in your abstract syntax tree, and you have an if/else statement, how can it know ahead of time where you want it to jump to in the else case?

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🖤❤️ RNR 352 ❤️🖤 This week: Daniel Williams is on the show!! Daniel stops by to chat about the latest in Storybook 10 with @robinheinze.dev and @mazenchami.dev. New episode out now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native...

infinite.redReact Native Radio - RNR 352 - Storybook with Daniel WilliamsDaniel Williams stops by to chat with Mazen and Robin! We dig into Storybook 10's leaner bundle, the 10.3 MCP server unlocking AI agent workflows, what Chromatic is cooking up for visual regression te...
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@coolsoftware.dev

React Native is extremely capable. If you like deep dives about cross platform mobile apps in the real world, I would highly recommend this article.

Infinite Red@infinite.red

What happens when the factory dashboard isn't good enough? Our own Sean Barker built a custom React Native-powered cockpit with Nitro Modules, RN Skia, an iPad, and Claude. ✅ 900 updates/sec ✅ Smooth 60 FPS ✅ Zero-copy data flow Read now 👇 medium.com/p/d0f564f8d239

medium.comBeyond 60 FPS: Building a Real-Time CAN Bus Dashboard with Nitro Modules and SkiaA couple years ago I moved to one of those small Indiana towns where the streets are filled with golf carts and UTVs. Naturally, my…

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🎤 Announcing: Seth Webster From leading React at Meta → co-founding the React Foundation → and now at @expo.dev… Seth has deeply shaped the ecosystem we all build in every day 🔥 Catch him live at Chain React 2026. 🎟️ ti.to/chainreact/c...

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Infinite Red
@infinite.red

We’ve been cooking with this lineup… and we’re just getting started 👀 Speaking at Chain React 2026 (so far) ➡️ @ccheever.com ➡️ @kacperkapusciak.bsky.social ➡️ @gantlaborde.com ➡️ @mazenchami.dev More names dropping soon. Tickets on sale now 👇 ti.to/chainreact/c...

Infinite Red@infinite.red

🔥 Chain React 2026 Speaker Lineup 🔥 Some of the biggest names. From some of the biggest companies in React Native. We’ll be announcing speakers right here 👇

Tyler Williams
@coolsoftware.dev

Working remote is great day-to-day, but over time you really do miss your coworkers and colleagues in the industry. Especially the React Native community. I hope y’all take advantage of the opportunity to come hang with us! Get your tix now: chainreactconf.com