The best part of building in open source is real devs coming back with "this works" 🥹 rn-build-doctor is helping people get past React Native and Expo build failures, and the feedback keeps me going. #ReactNative #Expo #OpenSource

Thief stole my bike, then returned the lock with a note saying 'this one's weak'

I built an open-source CLI tool called RN Build Doctor to help diagnose build failures and crashes using project configuration and build logs. If you're still running into similar issues, I'd love for you to give it a try and share feedback on whether its diagnosis is useful. 🔗 lassiecoder.com/#/work/rn-bu… #ReactNative #Expo

0.1.7 of rn-build-doctor is out!! I spent the weekend reading GitHub issues from the week after Expo SDK 58 and RN 0.88, and reproduced each failure on a real AGP 9.2.1 build before changing anything. Library AAR metadata failures no longer tell you to raise your app's compileSdk. It names the npm package actually causing it. AGP 9 dependencies with no version now get the real explanation and a one-line fix I verified on the broken build. Xcode 27's deployment target error for old pods is finally caught, with the pod name and the Podfile workaround. Every fix in this release started as someone's worst build day. #expo #reactnative

A week ago I shipped a small tool for something that kept eating my evenings: scrolling through React Native build logs to find the one line that actually broke. rn-build-doctor crossed 250+ downloads in its first week. #ReactNative #Expo

Datadog shipped an agent that you just tell "book a round trip flight" and it figures out the clicks itself and keeps testing it. If this actually works I’m never writing a selector again. #datadog

Learning a new tool always goes the same way. At first it changes everything, then nothing works, then I realise it was my config all along. A week later I'm writing a thread about it. #wednesdaythought

Ravana had 10 heads. My codebase has: - A ‘quick fix’ from 2022 - Tests that pass on retry - 47 deps, 12 actually used - console.log(‘here 2’) - // TODO: fix later - catch (e) {} - if (status === 3) - utils.js, utils2.js, utilsNew.js - : any - A function nobody touches because ‘it works’ Today we burn them all 🔥 Happy Dussehra! 🏹 #Dussehra #DevLife

A checklist for reviewing AI-written PRs: 1. Read the tests first. Do they test behaviour or mirror code? 2. Look for new deps nobody asked for 3. Check every catch block. AI loves swallowing errors 4. Run it on a real device, not just CI What would you add? #AI #CodeReview

AI coding tools made writing code cheap. Reviewing code didn't get cheaper. The skill that matters more every month: reading a diff you didn't write and spotting what's quietly wrong. If you're early in your career, practice code review as much as you practice prompting. #AI #Coding

I don't know who needs to hear this BUT resting is productive too. 🫶

Seasons change and weeks are completely human made, But the day has rhythm. The sun goes up, the sun goes down. And that's something I can handle.

rn-build-doctor is now listed on React Native Directory 🚀 It reads your React Native / Expo build or crash log and tells you the real cause, with evidence and next steps. Offline and open source. 🔗 reactnative.directory/packag… #ReactNative #Expo #devtools