ryndshn's comments

ryndshn | 4 years ago | on: Transition to React Native

ehh, not really. JVMs are all developed under the same roof but JS engines are a little more distributed and the spec has a little more room for interpretation. i agree it's unlikely, but still not ideal

ryndshn | 4 years ago | on: Transition to React Native

isn't using RN over native ultimately just optimizing for their developers and not the product? RN is great for start-ups that need to build and launch quickly for multi-platform, but for an established giant like Coinbase it seems like a misstep.

ryndshn | 4 years ago | on: Transition to React Native

none of the issues i described are different now. RN on iOS still uses JavaScriptCore by default, Android uses Hermes, and it still uses V8 if debugging, meaning it's possible you'll have some super weird edge case bugs. in Airbnb's situation i believe they said it was almost impossible to pinpoint the issue due to the differences in these engines. it's unlikely, but still an unavoidable thing that could be a serious roadblock

ryndshn | 4 years ago | on: Transition to React Native

if i remember correctly, Airbnb had many issues with RN that were not related to their incremental migration, such as the issues they had with things like debugging, where it was almost impossible to fix certain bugs due to RN using different JS engines depending on platform and context (for ex running with a debugger causes RN to use V8 whereas running locally on iOS / Android it uses JavaScriptCore or Hermes, respectively). RN is awesome but imo has some pretty serious pain points.
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