The React Native Shortcut That Slows You Down Later
Introduction I used to think speed was everything. If I could build an app faster than others, I was doing something right. And to be fair—today it’s actually possible. With React Native and AI tools, you can go from idea to working app in hours. But over time, I started noticing something… The faster I built things, the harder they became to fix later. Where Things Start Breaking At first, everything feels smooth. The UI works. Features are getting done. You feel productive. Then slowly, problems start showing up: A screen starts lagging and you don’t know why State updates behave unpredictably The app crashes only in production A native error appears and nothing makes sense And this is where things change. You’re no longer building. You’re stuck debugging. The Part We All Try to Skip Looking back, the issue wasn’t React Native. It was the part I avoided. The “boring” middle: Understanding how JavaScript actually works Knowing why React re-ren...