Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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What really happens when React Native’s core contributors gather behind closed doors?

In this episode of React Universe On Air, recorded live at React Universe Conf 2025, host Łukasz Chludziński ( https://x.com/lukasz_app ) sits down with Joel Arvidsson ( https://x.com/trastknast ), Jay Meistrich ( https://x.com/jmeistrich ), and Thibault Malbranche ( https://x.com/titozzz) to unpack the hottest debates and wisest insights from the Core Contributor Summit.

They dive into:
➡️ How the cooperation between consultancies, big organizations like Meta or Microsoft, and OSS contributors looks like
➡️ 2025 as the “year of stability” for React Native
➡️ The promise (and pain) of React Native for desktop apps
➡️ Flipper’s decline and new community-driven DevTools
➡️ Whether React Native 1.0 is just a marketing label or a true milestone
➡️ How agencies and individuals balance open source with client work
➡️ Practical advice for engineers who want to contribute and join the conversation

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to the React Universe
01:21 Meet our guests: Thibault Malbranche, Joel Arvidsson, Jay Meistrich
02:33 What is Core Contributor Summit
04:02 Meta vs. community usage of React Native
07:19 Year of stability & tooling challenges
09:00 Surprise session: React Native for Desktop
16:10 Concrete outcomes vs. planting seeds
21:02 Open Source dynamics & collaboration
27:30 React Native 1.0
33:45 Future directions & getting involved
36:50 Final thoughts

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