Sunsetting React Native – Airbnb Engineering & Data Science – Medium

The team at Airbnb explains how React Native was ultimately not quite enough to meet their original goals. 

"We saw the potential for code sharing between mobile and web and were able to share a few npm packages but beyond that, it never materialized in a meaningful way."

VIDEO: VS Code Can Do That?!

Visual Studio Code is on fire. Everybody loves this unexpected text editor smash hit, and for good reason: it can do A LOT. It can compile JavaScript templates on the fly, execute JavaScript inline, manage Mongo DB instances and so much more! 

VIDEO: Readable Code

Can you read the code you wrote today, last week, last year? The positive impact authoring readable code can have on your career can be enormous. We spend far more time reading code than writing it. So how can we turn this to our benefit? 

Announcing Flutter Release Preview 1

Flutter recently became one of the top 100 software repos on GitHub. 
Flutter is Google's mobile UI framework for crafting high-quality native interfaces on iOS and Android in record time. 

The Problem with Patterns

As products and services move online, dependence on component libraries can create a pattern of missing the forest for the trees.

DesignOps Handbook

"In those five short years while I was on campus, agile became the norm in product development, much to the detriment of designers. What I saw was design practice taking big steps backwards—vision, exploration, deconstruction, associative thinking, and interruptions were suppressed in favor of working the way developers work."

From Idea to App Store: A Design Sprint Case Study

Kevin Rose built the first version of Oak in a very open manner. For version 2, he engaged AJ&Smart for a Remote Design Sprint to focus on one flow of the app.

They liked the process so much they used it to guide a full redesign. In the same transparent spirit as building v1, Rose allowed the team to share about the process.

The Stress of Remote Working

In software engineering, remote working makes a lot of sense since, most of the time, you only need a computer and an internet connection.

But let's talk about the dark side of remote work.

Why a Fire Drill is a Good Thing in Software Development

In agile software development, a fire drill is usually unwelcome. At Revelry, we call out fire drills almost every day - find out why, and how it saved us.

Lean Agile Processes and Tools at Revelry

A behind-the-scenes look at our lean agile process, tools, and tricks we use to design and build digital products for companies around the world.