Rafael Mendiola

Startup founder: a next-gen software company. Our first product: MIT grad. React Native, AI, conference speaker.

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@iuditg That's what's going to happen by the end of the year. AMD, Microsoft are coming out with inference appliances

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@andrelandgraf Pro-tip: make yourself a debug-cli that's specific to your app. It should use verbs that help the agent do common tasks on your app

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@samdblond @alexrigler Ok so what you're saying is that folks should start a blimp advertisement company

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@frankcalise I think it ended up multiplying

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

In the last 5 days I've been in Krakow, SF and now NYC, and my body doesn't know which way to jetlag anymore

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

We're getting the idea to host some meetups at some point. Would people in SF/Boston/NYC be interested?

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

I'd like to propose a term. Smell-coding. It's more rigorous than vibe coding. It's what really good developers who have fully embraced ai-coding do.

You treat the code as a black box and let the agent do whatever it wants, but you have so much coding experience already you can easily smell when the AI did something wrong.

It's rigorous because you already have so much built up intuition.

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

Someone should make this merch

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@birch_js @kraenhansen It was great to see you again!

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

I'm in NY for NY Tech Week. I finally got to go to Katz's Deli

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@jmeistrich Thank you so much for the photos!

[Jamie Birch @birch_js]

I’m actually not against Electron apps (it’s a great framework) but we do need to close the gap so that React Native Desktop can be just as attractive.

RND is more resource-efficient (though hoping Windows gets more optimised with time). Just need to catch up on other fronts.

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@taydotfun I love the lack of z-fighting

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@reactiive_ @appjsconf @tazsingh @wcandillon @mrzachnugent @DanStepanov Thank you so much for helping me with my talk! I wish we had more time to chat

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@_philpl @birch_js @jmeistrich Also I did nothing more than say "expo desktop" to everyone I could. @birch_js and @jmeistrich deserve way more credit

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@_philpl @birch_js @jmeistrich Awesome. I would love for my agent manager to be a showcase Expo desktop app

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

Expo desktop ftw!!!

[phil 🫠 @_philpl]

thanks to @birch_js, @jmeistrich, and @GroundControl i'm (finally 😅) sold on RN for desktop having huge potential
hyped to get some changes merged soon to get another step closer to making this first-class supported in expo ❤️

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

Nice! Expo desktop!!!! Woohoo

[Daniel Williams @Danny_H_W]

We just got @expo desktop from @birch_js at @appjsconf!
⚛️🚀

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

@o_kwasniewski @posthog I got my TesterArmy sticker in Krakow

[Rafael Mendiola @GroundControl]

Why is the Frankfurt Airport anime angry?