RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 4 min readSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One ClickSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One Click The engineering side of EAS Update is well-documented. The QA and support side is not. This is what our QA lead and our supp00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jul 1 · 9 min readAI Coding Agents Need a Foundation, Not a CanvasSame prompt against a blank Expo repo vs a wired foundation: 47min / \(5.20 / un-mergeable vs 11min / \)0.85 / mergeable. The model didn't get smarter — the repo got more legible. AGENTS.md helps ~4% 00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jun 30 · 7 min readBuy a React Native Template or Build From Scratch in 2026?Short answer: Buy a React Native template when your app is a recognizable pattern, you're solo or a two-person team, and your time is worth more than $50/hour. Build from scratch when the UX is genuin00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jun 29 · 13 min readMobile App Security Best Practices for React Native in 2026Mobile-based attacks are projected to grow more than 40% by 2026, but most breaches still trace back to a small set of unglamorous mistakes — a hardcoded key, a forgotten debug flag, a token in plaint00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jun 29 · 9 min readThe Real Cost of Building React Native Auth From ScratchBuilding React Native authentication from scratch routinely takes 75 hours of senior-dev work and ships subtle bugs (the Apple Sign In fullName trap is the classic). The real surface area covers seven00
