[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @birch_js Jamie Birch Jamie Birch posts on X about javascript, chrome, wwdc, spec the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +284% - X Month XXXXXXX +113% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +925% - X Year XXXXXXXXX +84% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/posts_active)  - X Week XX no change - X Month XXX +84% - X Months XXX +556% - X Year XXX +99% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +2.20% - X Month XXXXX +22% - X Months XXXXX +51% - X Year XXXXX +61% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/influence) --- **Social category influence** [events](/list/events) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [javascript](/topic/javascript) #29, [chrome](/topic/chrome) #69, [wwdc](/topic/wwdc) 3.45%, [spec](/topic/spec) 3.45%, [bible](/topic/bible) 3.45%, [github](/topic/github) 3.45%, [topics](/topic/topics) 3.45%, [units](/topic/units) 3.45%, [android](/topic/android) 3.45%, [lenovo](/topic/lenovo) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@effectnative](/creator/undefined) [@rickhanlonii](/creator/undefined) [@buynao1](/creator/undefined) [@terrysahaidak](/creator/undefined) [@jamonholmgren](/creator/undefined) [@wzulfikar](/creator/undefined) [@birchjs](/creator/undefined) [@082](/creator/undefined) [@canary](/creator/undefined) [@softfoxlad](/creator/undefined) [@canadahonk](/creator/undefined) [@devtoolsfm](/creator/undefined) [@evilmastermind](/creator/undefined) [@srcrip](/creator/undefined) [@theo](/creator/undefined) [@baconbrix](/creator/undefined) [@jorgewritescode](/creator/undefined) [@minchonchisf](/creator/undefined) [@ola_tuliof](/creator/undefined) [@src_rip](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "I would join the Amazon Kindle iOS team for a day just to fix their pathetic Japanese dictionary lookup which after XX years still cant handle conjugated verbs and works only on exact term matching" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1976849396521460084) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-11T03:16Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements "After 6+ years of failed experiments it's finally working. Direct native API access from JS in React Native 🥹 Access the full iOS SDK like a native dev. Cross threads like a native dev. Today my brother in JavaScript you are a native dev" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1971619696991740259) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-09-26T16:55Z 4902 followers, 519.8K engagements "@EffectNative I was writing an Old Arch React Native Windows app last year and the "run JS on Chrome when using Chrome DevTools" feature was very much a double-edged sword. The moment you connected the debugger all your native modules would stop working. Very cool in concept though" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980817556475928953) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T02:04Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements "Trying to watch some WWDC tech videos and wish the Apple presenters would stop smiling at me like a cultist" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1975765004705276090) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-08T03:27Z 4887 followers, 2023 engagements "Early in my career I always viewed backend dev as the hard one but the longer I do frontend the more I feel Oh actually this *is* absurdly complex and weve all just become institutionalised to it" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1979189394407067993) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-17T14:14Z 4879 followers, 29.8K engagements "My commute today is about to get a lot better @CanadaHonk talking about AoT JavaScript compilation on @DevtoolsFM 🤩" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980145641771987149) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-20T05:34Z 4893 followers, XXX engagements "@evilmastermind_ I've always taken this section as my bible but "eager vs. lazy evaluation" is a nice and succinct way to express it" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980264674399813856) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-20T13:27Z 4895 followers, 1637 engagements "@src_rip Speed of type-checking and responsiveness of the TypeScript language service when hovering over source code to see types" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980804133075710148) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T01:11Z 4896 followers, XX engagements "have to do so much typing and clicking to find the React Native GitHub repo" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1977644861177368685) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-13T07:57Z 4898 followers, 1232 engagements "A masterful article explaining the distinction between type vs. interface in TypeScript - Types are eagerly evaluated - Interfaces are lazily evaluated A far better explanation than any of the resources I've come across in English" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980261975172223230) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-20T13:17Z 4902 followers, 61.7K engagements "Announcing my new personal docs site Birchdocs 🍾 Here I'm sharing everything I've learned over XX years as a software engineer. I plan to cover React Native Expo web dev Node.js dev native platforms and more. And all advanced topics not shallow stuff. Link below" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980289820103786507) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-20T15:07Z 4902 followers, 27.6K engagements "@wzulfikar I think the performance drain is specifically type intersections are more expensive than interface extensions. If its just a standalone type that never gets extended there may be little difference from an interface. But who knows" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980418149976797329) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-20T23:37Z 4902 followers, 2024 engagements "@theo Wait is it called Helium because his surname is Haleem It may explain why hes so territorial about the name" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980487812521816074) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-21T04:14Z 4902 followers, 2232 engagements "@Baconbrix Yoga needs position: fixed with various viewport units. I miss so many age-old CSS features when switching from developing on web to React Native" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980777296987582669) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-21T23:24Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements "@EffectNative I find React Native Android in debug mode to be absymally slow on my 2022 Lenovo tablet. Takes a long time for the Metro bundle to reach XXX% loaded and in a debug build you can see the views getting gradually constructed. Can't imagine developing for Android ten years back" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980791675187564582) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T00:21Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements ""The React Native devtools predate React" 🤯" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980817905827868854) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T02:06Z 4902 followers, 9557 engagements "Untold React Native old lore suddenly coming out here" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980840435334672421) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T03:35Z 4902 followers, 5339 engagements "@EffectNative @rickhanlonii Hey Electron is alright. I shipped with React Native macOS and Windows for six months and it was miserable. I had to write libraries for auth file system and safe area detection from scratch. Switching to Electron brought the Windows build time down from XX mins to 5" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980841769974788264) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T03:40Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements "@EffectNative @rickhanlonii But I do think using React Native to embed a system WebView similarly to Appify-UI has some good merits. Currently using that approach to code-share between desktop (Electron) and mobile (React Native). And we get a standalone web version for free" [X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1980842975262548407) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-22T03:45Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
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@birch_js Jamie Birch
Jamie Birch posts on X about javascript, chrome, wwdc, spec the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX +284%
- X Month XXXXXXX +113%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +925%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +84%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX no change
- X Month XXX +84%
- X Months XXX +556%
- X Year XXX +99%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +2.20%
- X Month XXXXX +22%
- X Months XXXXX +51%
- X Year XXXXX +61%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence events XXXX% technology brands XXXX%
Social topic influence javascript #29, chrome #69, wwdc 3.45%, spec 3.45%, bible 3.45%, github 3.45%, topics 3.45%, units 3.45%, android 3.45%, lenovo XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @effectnative @rickhanlonii @buynao1 @terrysahaidak @jamonholmgren @wzulfikar @birchjs @082 @canary @softfoxlad @canadahonk @devtoolsfm @evilmastermind @srcrip @theo @baconbrix @jorgewritescode @minchonchisf @ola_tuliof @src_rip
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"I would join the Amazon Kindle iOS team for a day just to fix their pathetic Japanese dictionary lookup which after XX years still cant handle conjugated verbs and works only on exact term matching"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-11T03:16Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
"After 6+ years of failed experiments it's finally working. Direct native API access from JS in React Native 🥹 Access the full iOS SDK like a native dev. Cross threads like a native dev. Today my brother in JavaScript you are a native dev"
X Link @birch_js 2025-09-26T16:55Z 4902 followers, 519.8K engagements
"@EffectNative I was writing an Old Arch React Native Windows app last year and the "run JS on Chrome when using Chrome DevTools" feature was very much a double-edged sword. The moment you connected the debugger all your native modules would stop working. Very cool in concept though"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T02:04Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
"Trying to watch some WWDC tech videos and wish the Apple presenters would stop smiling at me like a cultist"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-08T03:27Z 4887 followers, 2023 engagements
"Early in my career I always viewed backend dev as the hard one but the longer I do frontend the more I feel Oh actually this is absurdly complex and weve all just become institutionalised to it"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-17T14:14Z 4879 followers, 29.8K engagements
"My commute today is about to get a lot better @CanadaHonk talking about AoT JavaScript compilation on @DevtoolsFM 🤩"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-20T05:34Z 4893 followers, XXX engagements
"@evilmastermind_ I've always taken this section as my bible but "eager vs. lazy evaluation" is a nice and succinct way to express it"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-20T13:27Z 4895 followers, 1637 engagements
"@src_rip Speed of type-checking and responsiveness of the TypeScript language service when hovering over source code to see types"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T01:11Z 4896 followers, XX engagements
"have to do so much typing and clicking to find the React Native GitHub repo"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-13T07:57Z 4898 followers, 1232 engagements
"A masterful article explaining the distinction between type vs. interface in TypeScript - Types are eagerly evaluated - Interfaces are lazily evaluated A far better explanation than any of the resources I've come across in English"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-20T13:17Z 4902 followers, 61.7K engagements
"Announcing my new personal docs site Birchdocs 🍾 Here I'm sharing everything I've learned over XX years as a software engineer. I plan to cover React Native Expo web dev Node.js dev native platforms and more. And all advanced topics not shallow stuff. Link below"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-20T15:07Z 4902 followers, 27.6K engagements
"@wzulfikar I think the performance drain is specifically type intersections are more expensive than interface extensions. If its just a standalone type that never gets extended there may be little difference from an interface. But who knows"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-20T23:37Z 4902 followers, 2024 engagements
"@theo Wait is it called Helium because his surname is Haleem It may explain why hes so territorial about the name"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-21T04:14Z 4902 followers, 2232 engagements
"@Baconbrix Yoga needs position: fixed with various viewport units. I miss so many age-old CSS features when switching from developing on web to React Native"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-21T23:24Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
"@EffectNative I find React Native Android in debug mode to be absymally slow on my 2022 Lenovo tablet. Takes a long time for the Metro bundle to reach XXX% loaded and in a debug build you can see the views getting gradually constructed. Can't imagine developing for Android ten years back"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T00:21Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
""The React Native devtools predate React" 🤯"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T02:06Z 4902 followers, 9557 engagements
"Untold React Native old lore suddenly coming out here"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T03:35Z 4902 followers, 5339 engagements
"@EffectNative @rickhanlonii Hey Electron is alright. I shipped with React Native macOS and Windows for six months and it was miserable. I had to write libraries for auth file system and safe area detection from scratch. Switching to Electron brought the Windows build time down from XX mins to 5"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T03:40Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements
"@EffectNative @rickhanlonii But I do think using React Native to embed a system WebView similarly to Appify-UI has some good merits. Currently using that approach to code-share between desktop (Electron) and mobile (React Native). And we get a standalone web version for free"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T03:45Z 4902 followers, XXX engagements