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Notes on shipping React Native apps.
Written while building and maintaining the NativeExpress starter: how React Native and Expo fit together, and what it takes to get an app through App Store and Play Store review.
Best Vibe Coding Courses in 2026: Free and Paid, Compared
The best vibe coding courses in October 2026, free ones first: Anthropic's Claude Code 101, Claude Code for Everyone, freeCodeCamp, DeepLearning.AI, Coursera and the paid options, with prices and who each one is for.
Cursor vs Claude Code (October 2026): Which One for Your First App
Cursor vs Claude Code after Cursor's October 2026 price change: what each one costs now, why Claude costs extra inside Cursor, how they work, and which one I'd pick for a first app.
Rork Review (2026): Pricing, What It Builds, and When to Use Claude Code Instead
Rork in October 2026: what it costs, how far 100 credits actually get you, why it dropped Expo for Swift and Kotlin, what you own, and when I'd build with Claude Code instead.
How to Build an App With Claude Code (iOS and Android)
How to build a mobile app with Claude Code: install it, start from an Expo project, write CLAUDE.md, plan each feature, test on your phone and ship to the stores.
App Ideas for 2026: 26 You Can Build and Charge For
26 app ideas a solo builder with an AI coding agent can ship and charge for in 2026, with who pays, the hard part, and how to validate one in a week.
Best AI App Builders in 2026: 10 Tools Compared
The best AI app builder depends on what it outputs and who owns the code. We compared 10 tools on price, credits, backend and export, October 2026.
Best App Builders in 2026: 10 Mobile App Builders Compared (AI and No-Code)
The best app builder for a mobile app depends on who should own the code. We compared 10 AI and no-code builders on price, native output and App Store publishing.
Best Vibe Coding Tools in 2026, Sorted by Control
The best vibe coding tools in 2026, sorted by how much control you keep: coding agents, prompt-to-app platforms, and the pieces you need to ship.
Can Lovable Make Mobile Apps, or Is It Web-Only? (2026)
Can Lovable make mobile apps? Not native ones. What it builds today, the three routes to the App Store, and how to move a Lovable + Supabase app to Expo.
Claude Code Skills for Mobile Apps: How They Work
What Claude Code skills are, how to write a SKILL.md, and which agent skills actually help you build an Expo or React Native app.
Codex vs Claude Code (October 2026): Pricing, Limits and Which to Pick
Codex vs Claude Code in October 2026: plans and pricing, usage limits, AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md, skills, MCP and benchmarks, and which one fits your app.
Flutter vs React Native in 2026: An Honest Comparison
Flutter vs React Native in 2026, compared on language, rendering, tooling, hiring and AI agents, plus when Swift beats both for an iOS-only app.
How Much Does It Cost to Make an App in 2026? (Agency, Freelancer or Yourself)
How much does it cost to make an app in 2026? Sourced numbers for agencies, freelancers, AI builders and doing it yourself, plus every fee you pay.
How to Make an Android App in 2026: Create and Build Your First App
How to make an Android app in 2026: choose Kotlin, Expo or Flutter, test on your phone, pass the 12-tester closed test and publish on Google Play.
How to Make an App in 2026: A Guide for First-Timers
How to make an app with no experience: decide web or mobile, test the idea, pick a route, build with an AI agent, launch in the stores and charge for it.
How to Make an iPhone App in 2026 (Without Learning Swift)
How to make an iPhone app in 2026, step by step: pick a route, build with React Native, Expo and a coding agent, test on TestFlight and pass App Review.
How to Make an App and Make Money From It in 2026
How to make an app and make money with it: pick an idea people pay for, build it cheaply, find first users, and price a paywall that converts.
How to Publish an App on the App Store (2026 Guide)
How to publish an app on the App Store in 2026: the developer account, screenshots, TestFlight, App Review and Google Play, as one checklist.
How to Vibe Code an App: A Workflow That Ships
How to vibe code an app that reaches the App Store: the brief, the starting codebase, agent instructions, prompts, checks and recovery steps we use.
Lovable Alternatives in 2026: 7 Options Compared Fairly
The best Lovable alternatives by what you need: Bolt, Base44, Replit, v0, Rork or your own code. Prices checked October 2026, plus Base44 vs Lovable.
Mobile App Development Tools in 2026: The Stack by Job
The mobile app development tools a real app needs in 2026, sorted by job: framework, AI agent, backend, payments, builds, testing and crash reports.
React Native Dropdown: 5 Ways to Build One in 2026
Core React Native has no dropdown. Five ways to add one, from the native picker to a custom accessible Modal, with code that runs on Expo SDK 57.
React Native Text Input: Props, Textarea and Forms
How to use React Native's TextInput: the props that matter, a multiline textarea, keyboard handling, and a validated form with React Hook Form and Zod.
React vs React Native: What Is Shared and What Changes
React vs React Native explained for web developers: what is shared, what changes on mobile, the same component in both, and when to use which.
What Is Vibe Coding? Meaning, Origin and Real Risks
What is vibe coding? Where the term came from, what it means now, where it breaks, and how to vibe code an app that holds up once real users arrive.
Expo or bare React Native: which should you start with?
Development builds changed this answer and most of the advice online predates them. What Expo is now, what a bare project costs to maintain, and when each one is worth it.
How to choose a React Native boilerplate in 2026
How to judge a React Native boilerplate before you commit: the stack it locks in, its feature boundaries, auth, and whether a coding agent can work in it.
Web to mobile development: what changes in 2026
Moving from web to mobile development: what carries over, what is new, how to build with a coding agent, and how testing and store submission work today.