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# ![@birch_js Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::873959747199827969.png) @birch_js Jamie Birch

Jamie Birch posts on X about react native, javascript, topics, open ai the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXXX +319%
- X Month XXXXXXX +268%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +1,063%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +89%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/posts_active)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::873959747199827969/c:line/m:posts_active.svg)

- X Week XX no change
- X Month XXX +100%
- X Months XXX +562%
- X Year XXX +98%

### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/followers)
![Followers Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::873959747199827969/c:line/m:followers.svg)

- X Week XXXXX +2.50%
- X Month XXXXX +22%
- X Months XXXXX +52%
- X Year XXXXX +61%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/influencer_rank)
![CreatorRank Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::873959747199827969/c:line/m:influencer_rank.svg)

### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXX% [events](/list/events)  XXXX% [countries](/list/countries)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[react native](/topic/react-native) #50, [javascript](/topic/javascript) #427, [topics](/topic/topics) 3.45%, [open ai](/topic/open-ai) 3.45%, [instead of](/topic/instead-of) 3.45%, [wwdc](/topic/wwdc) 3.45%, [lenovo](/topic/lenovo) 3.45%, [see the](/topic/see-the) 3.45%, [shell](/topic/shell) 3.45%, [all the](/topic/all-the) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@effectnative](/creator/undefined) [@rickhanlonii](/creator/undefined) [@subtlegradient](/creator/undefined) [@terrysahaidak](/creator/undefined) [@jamonholmgren](/creator/undefined) [@wzulfikar](/creator/undefined) [@birchjs](/creator/undefined) [@marklynchdev](/creator/undefined) [@softfoxlad](/creator/undefined) [@canadahonk](/creator/undefined) [@devtoolsfm](/creator/undefined) [@evilmastermind](/creator/undefined) [@theo](/creator/undefined) [@baconbrix](/creator/undefined) [@srcrip](/creator/undefined) [@domenic](/creator/undefined) [@hirboddev](/creator/undefined) [@hackerswagger](/creator/undefined) [@ola_tuliof](/creator/undefined) [@jorgewritescode](/creator/undefined)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::873959747199827969/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"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 4909 followers, 520.2K 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 4909 followers, 62K 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 4909 followers, 27.8K engagements


"I gotta say that shipping for both macOS and Windows really does not add an unreasonable amount of time to a projects timescale so long as you build with Electron rather than single-platform frameworks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1981220194606600541) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-23T04:44Z 4909 followers, 3178 engagements


"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 4903 followers, XXX 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 4903 followers, 2026 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 4907 followers, 2268 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 4908 followers, 2024 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 4907 followers, 1235 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 4907 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 4907 followers, XXX 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 4907 followers, XX 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 4908 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 4908 followers, 9713 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 4909 followers, 7176 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 4908 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 4908 followers, XXX engagements


"@marklynchdev @domenic For sure When I was preparing to move to Japan I had little access to native speakers so went all in on reading light novels and listening to audiobooks. I was surprised to significantly improve my output by just getting a large number of hours of input"  
[X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1981225971438276885) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-23T05:07Z 4907 followers, XX engagements


"@hirbod_dev You know Ive never seen it in the shops. Where would I even get me some MSG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/birch_js/status/1981676154504540246) [@birch_js](/creator/x/birch_js) 2025-10-24T10:56Z 4909 followers, XXX engagements

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@birch_js Avatar @birch_js Jamie Birch

Jamie Birch posts on X about react native, javascript, topics, open ai the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

Engagements: XXXXX #

Engagements Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXXXX +319%
  • X Month XXXXXXX +268%
  • X Months XXXXXXXXX +1,063%
  • X Year XXXXXXXXX +89%

Mentions: XX #

Mentions Line Chart

  • X Week XX no change
  • X Month XXX +100%
  • X Months XXX +562%
  • X Year XXX +98%

Followers: XXXXX #

Followers Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXX +2.50%
  • X Month XXXXX +22%
  • X Months XXXXX +52%
  • X Year XXXXX +61%

CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #

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Social Influence #


Social category influence technology brands XXX% events XXXX% countries XXXX%

Social topic influence react native #50, javascript #427, topics 3.45%, open ai 3.45%, instead of 3.45%, wwdc 3.45%, lenovo 3.45%, see the 3.45%, shell 3.45%, all the XXXX%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @effectnative @rickhanlonii @subtlegradient @terrysahaidak @jamonholmgren @wzulfikar @birchjs @marklynchdev @softfoxlad @canadahonk @devtoolsfm @evilmastermind @theo @baconbrix @srcrip @domenic @hirboddev @hackerswagger @ola_tuliof @jorgewritescode

Top Social Posts #


Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"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 4909 followers, 520.2K 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 4909 followers, 62K 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 4909 followers, 27.8K engagements

"I gotta say that shipping for both macOS and Windows really does not add an unreasonable amount of time to a projects timescale so long as you build with Electron rather than single-platform frameworks"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-23T04:44Z 4909 followers, 3178 engagements

"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 4903 followers, XXX 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 4903 followers, 2026 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 4907 followers, 2268 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 4908 followers, 2024 engagements

"have to do so much typing and clicking to find the React Native GitHub repo"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-13T07:57Z 4907 followers, 1235 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 4907 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 4907 followers, XXX 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 4907 followers, XX 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 4908 followers, XXX engagements

""The React Native devtools predate React" 🤯"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T02:06Z 4908 followers, 9713 engagements

"Untold React Native old lore suddenly coming out here"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-22T03:35Z 4909 followers, 7176 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 4908 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 4908 followers, XXX engagements

"@marklynchdev @domenic For sure When I was preparing to move to Japan I had little access to native speakers so went all in on reading light novels and listening to audiobooks. I was surprised to significantly improve my output by just getting a large number of hours of input"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-23T05:07Z 4907 followers, XX engagements

"@hirbod_dev You know Ive never seen it in the shops. Where would I even get me some MSG"
X Link @birch_js 2025-10-24T10:56Z 4909 followers, XXX engagements

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