In this episode, Mazen Chami sits down with Mustafa Ali (Director of Engineering and Head of Mobile at Shopify) and Thiago Magalhães (Staff Software Developer at Shopify) to dive deep into Shopify’s transition to the new React Native architecture.

Expo SDK 54 and React Native 0.81 are a perfect match—and our hosts Mazen Chami, Frank Calise, and Tyler Williams are here to break it all down. In this episode, they dive deep into everything new in Expo SDK 54, from faster precompiled iOS builds to the sleek Liquid Glass feature and Android 16 support. If you want the complete rundown of what’s fresh, powerful, and ready to use in Expo SDK 54, this episode has you covered.

This week, Mazen is joined by Infinite Red teammates Frank Calise and Tyler Williams to unpack everything included in the huge React Native 0.81 release. They cover Android 16 support, precompiled iOS builds, and many other updates!

Chas Jhin, Director of Engineering for Discord, joins our hosts to unpack Discord’s adoption of React Native. Chas opens up about Discord's experience adopting React Native, performance challenges, and the New Architecture.

Infinite Red's own Mark Rickert joins to unveil the Ignite 11 "Bison" release!! Ignite 11 features the bold removal of MobX State Tree, streamlined new architecture-only support, powerful light/dark theming out of the box, and a strategic return to FlatList for better performance and flexibility.

Maestro CEO Leland Takamine joins the pod to share updates on Maestro Studio Desktop, cloud testing, and scaling reliable automation.

Evan Bacon and James Ide from Expo join us as guests for the second part of React Native Web vs. React Strict DOM!

Nicolas Gallagher from Meta joins Jamon, Robin, and Tyler to kick off a two‑part series on React Native Web vs React Strict DOM.

Michał Pierzchała from Callstack joins Jamon and Robin to talk about the React Native Enterprise Framework and why big teams need it

Markus Leyendecker from Meta joins Jamon to talk React Native on Meta Quest—what’s possible, what’s next, and why devs should care.

Real Life React Native Returns! This week: Nahue Alberti from Paisanos joins Mazen to talk building the Boca Socios app with Solito.

Jamon, Robin, and Mazen revisit state management! Our hosts discuss what has changed, what still causes debate, and how real-world experience shapes their choices.

Saad Najmi from Microsoft joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to talk React Native macOS—how it works, where it shines, and what’s still missing.

Cedric van Putten returns to the pod to break down Expo Atlas, a powerful way to explore and understand your Metro bundles.

Codemagic CEO Martin Remmelgas joins our hosts to talk mobile CI/CD and why build tooling still kind of sucks in 2025.

New Architecture. New Era. Riccardo Cipolleschi explains what’s changed in React Native—and why this shift matters for every developer.

Karly Lamm talks with Robin and Mazen about accessibility pitfalls, screen reader gotchas, and why accessible apps serve all users.

What do thousands of devs think about React Native in 2024? Jamon, Robin, and Mazen dive into the latest State of React Native survey results.

Alexandre Moureaux joins Jamon, Robin, and Mazen to talk about Flashlight, a Lighthouse-style tool for benchmarking mobile app performance.