--- title: "Andrei Zgirvaci (@andrei-zgirvaci) | Hashnode" description: "React Native Developer | Mentor. Read the latest articles by Andrei Zgirvaci on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@andrei-zgirvaci" --- @andrei-zgirvaci # Andrei Zgirvaci @andrei-zgirvaci 路 Bali, Indonesia 路 Joined February 2021 React Native Developer | Mentor [Website](https://andreizgirvaci.com/) ### [My Journey on Overcoming Anxiety as a Software Developer](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/my-journey-on-overcoming-anxiety-as-a-software-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I share my story about stress and anxiety and how I managed to overcome it 3 min read 路 [andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/my-journey-on-overcoming-anxiety-as-a-software-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-journey-on-overcoming-anxiety-as-a-software-developer/645226aa16101d0b7abc62b3) [May 3, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-journey-on-overcoming-anxiety-as-a-software-developer/645226aa16101d0b7abc62b3) ### [Podcasting is not easy... 馃槱](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/podcasting-is-not-easy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Oh man, this is a quite hard topic to discuss for me... So, you probably know that I run a podcast called The Anxious Developer. I used to publish an episode a month and that was going well until me and my fiancee got both Covid-19. After that, I too... 2 min read 路 [andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/podcasting-is-not-easy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jun 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/podcasting-is-not-easy/60c9e77b212fea1a6a2a69bd) ### [React Native Reanimated 2 - Collapsing Header + FlatList Tips](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/react-native-reanimated-2-collapsing-header-flatlist-tips?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Recently, I have been trying to animate a dynamic header like AirBnb has using React Native Reanimated 2. The Problem While I have successfully managed to make it work on iOS, on Android it turned out to be quite laggy and something didn't seem right... 3 min read 路 [andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/react-native-reanimated-2-collapsing-header-flatlist-tips?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/react-native-reanimated-2-collapsing-header-flatlist-tips/60c20ce4a422035623a7d5af) [Jun 10, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/react-native-reanimated-2-collapsing-header-flatlist-tips/60c20ce4a422035623a7d5af) ### [React Native Reanimated is being a turd on Android! 馃](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/react-native-reanimated-is-being-a-turd-on-android?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Today, I have been messing around with React Native Reanimated 2 again and found a bug that's really frustrating. While the header animation was working perfectly fine on iOS, on Android, it was very lagging and creating weird flickering problems. At... 1 min read 路 [andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/react-native-reanimated-is-being-a-turd-on-android?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jun 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/react-native-reanimated-is-being-a-turd-on-android/60c0b0e9d2660e41762e3c7e) ### [I love React Native Reanimated 2! 馃拝](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/i-love-react-native-reanimated-2?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Today I worked on implementing a custom header similar to the Airbnb app. It was a little bit hard to understand React Native Reanimated at first and learn how to use it properly, but after a while of playing around with it, I managed to implement th... 1 min read 路 [andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev](https://andrei-zgirvaci.hashnode.dev/i-love-react-native-reanimated-2?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jun 8, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-love-react-native-reanimated-2/60bf6268fffc4c13b9cdada5)