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162: Shopify Breaks Up with React Native
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The React core team just shipped 19.3 with view transitions, fragment refs, and Context support in server components. A startup called TypeSafe AI is making waves with Jev, a fast, cheap "System One" model built for structured decisions instead of full LLM reasoning. And Shopify is walking away from React Native after six years, heading back to native Swift and Kotlin. We also cover Matt Mullenweg's whirlwind week at Automattic and how white hat hackers used Claude to ethically hack OpenAI.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:11 - React 19.3
- 7:22 - Shopify moves from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
- 21:12 - Jev AI model
- 30:07 - Matt Mullenweg is back at Automattic
- 33:45 - Claude ethically hacked OpenAI
- 41:32 - What's making us happy
News
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What's Making Us Happy
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- Jack: Sumo is back in September Basho!
- TJ: Yesteryear novel
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