Alexi Taylor

We've been scaling production apps using Supabase, and the reality is refreshing. For our recent projects using Next.js and React Native, the instant RLS implementation saves serious backend boilerplate. The built-in auth hooks right into our component lifecycle cleanly. It’s not a magic bullet, but cutting down database setup time while keeping Postgres integrity is real velocity for my team. We're leaning heavily on the real-time capabilities now, too. What's your favorite non-obvious trick for hardening Supabase security in a production environment? #Supabase #Postgres #FullStack #SoftwareEngineering

Why you should use Expo for any React Native development When you hear "developer experience," you might think better docs or a faster dev server. But for Expo, DX has meant building an entire ecosystem—one that’s quietly helped scale React Native far beyond early adopters. Two examples: 1. Snack – a browser-based playground for prototyping and sharing React Native code, no install needed. 2. EAS – managed CI/CD for mobile, taking the pain out of building, signing, and deploying iOS/Android apps. This relentless focus on DX is why Expo has become the default starting point for so many mobile devs today. It’s a reminder: DX isn't just a nice-to-have. It’s a serious growth lever. If you’re building React Native apps in 2025 and not using Expo, it’s worth revisiting. (Inspired by the deep dive from The Pragmatic Engineer)

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"Make it easy to do the right thing, and hard to do the wrong thing." This principle is the key takeaway from a fantastic Shopify Engineering article about how they scale their platform. Instead of just hoping developers follow architectural rules, they built tools that automatically reject code that breaks them. It's a lesson that goes far beyond software architecture. Whether it's for security, performance, or code quality, the most effective systems are the ones that guide you to the correct path by default. #SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #SystemDesign #FirstPrinciples #Shopify https://lnkd.in/gNw9MKw4

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Imma ruffle some feathers with this one, I think. I have a custom project where I can't use react/your-fav-js-framework (bc reasons). JS modules + Web Components + this little base class have made the "vanilla.js" stack a joy to work with. ``` export class CustomElement extends HTMLElement {    attachHTML(html) {        this.innerHTML = html;        const tags = this.querySelectorAll("[data-tag]");        for (const el of tags) {            if (!el.tagged) {                this[el.dataset.tag] = el;                el.tagged = true;            }        }        const clickHandlers = this.querySelectorAll("[data-on-click]");        for (const el of clickHandlers) {            if (!el.onClicked) {                el.addEventListener("click", (event) => this[el.dataset.onClick](event));                el.onClicked = true;            }        } } } ``` It's not "totally robust and foolproof", but it's like 30 lines and does 90% of what I want from react anyway. Don't sleep on native browser capabilities.

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🔥 Just shipped something new for the React + Mantine community: mantine-icon-picker A fast, virtualized icon picker for React, built with Mantine and react-window. By default, it ships with Tabler Icons (via tabler-dynamic-icon), but you can replace it with any icon source — from emojis to custom SVGs. ✨ Key Features - Virtualized grid → smooth scrolling even with thousands of icons - Mantine UI components (Popover, ActionIcon, etc.) - LTR / RTL support - Custom icon component support - Type-safe Tabler integration - Works with any icon source (emojis, SVGs, text, …) ✅ Use Cases - Pick from thousands of Tabler Icons - Create your own emoji picker 🎉 - Build a custom SVG or text-based icon selector 🚀 👉 Full docs, examples, and props: https://lnkd.in/dg4Xg_x6 If you’re using Mantine or building design systems, I’d love to hear your thoughts 🙌 And if you find it useful, drop a ⭐ on GitHub!

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Incredibly proud of our team for this effort! Shopify POS is now running with React Native’s New Architecture. ✨ Working on migrations at this scale is not an easy task. Our team had to solve really complex issues along the way - it’s perhaps one of the most technically challenging efforts I’ve helped with in my career. I had to leverage *all* the mobile expertise I’ve acquired over the last decade to solve issues across every layer of our application. I even got fixes merged into react-native itself! With thousands of retail stores depending on Shopify POS every day, we knew this migration had to be seamless — and I’m proud to say the rollout was extremely smooth. Thiago Magalhães shared some of the lessons learned along the way in the linked article for anyone planning a similar migration!

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