The goal? Allow developers to write mobile apps using React — a web framework — but render real native UI components instead of HTML.
Next time you use an app that feels fast, fluid, and cross-platform, there’s a decent chance it owes something to a quiet Russian engineer and his hackathon project. Share it with a mobile developer friend — or anyone who’s ever wondered who actually creates the tools we use every day. alexey gerasimov
: When building a system, focus on the hardest communication problem first. 2. Open source isn’t just code — it’s community Alexey handed off React Native to Facebook’s core team, but his initial release set the tone: clear docs, a simple getting-started experience, and early plugins. The goal