#037 - Bringing Swift to React Native with Gary Tokman

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In this episode, Simon interviews Gary Tokman, CEO at Candle, about his experience with React Native and building a personal finance app. Gary shares his background in iOS development and how he transitioned to React Native. He discusses the technology stack used in Candle, and the three main problems of React Native apps. Gary also shares his latest packages Faster Image and Blur View, along with a new library for Push notifications.

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Gary Tokman

Gary Twitter: https://twitter.com/f6ary
Candle: https://candle.fi

Links

SST: https://sst.dev/
Candle on Github: https://github.com/candlefinance
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Takeaways

The React Native community faces challenges with maintaining packages, especially when it comes to finding the right package that works and is actively maintained.
React Native faces three main challenges: Concurrency, Presentation, and API Support
Gary works on several OS projects to bring Swift power to React Native apps
Front-end development in Candle involves client-side architecture, which presents challenges in balancing performance and processing large amounts of data on the device.

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