The Day I Broke React Native

Dive into a gripping conference talk from React Native EU 2023 where Nicola Corti, a member of the React Native Core team at Meta, recounts the dramatic events of November 4, 2022. Learn how an seemingly innocuous release candidate for React Native 0.71 triggered a cascading failure affecting nearly every React Native developer. Explore the incident's root causes, the team's response, and the valuable lessons learned. Gain insider knowledge about React Native's internals, incident-response culture, and ongoing efforts to fortify the ecosystem against similar future events. Benefit from Corti's expertise as a Google Developer Expert for Kotlin and his extensive experience in mobile development. This 24-minute presentation offers a unique opportunity to understand the complexities of maintaining a popular cross-platform mobile framework and the challenges faced by its core team.