Varun Kukade

Senior Mobile Engineer | React Native · Android · iOS | Building with AI

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@NabhaniMehdi Yes 💯💯

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Vibe coding works, but only up to a point.

Past a certain scale, you hit a tipping point where hard problems need creative solutions, and that takes enough technical depth to judge them.

0-90%: can be vibe coded
90-95%: hard problems
95-100%: needs strong technical judgment

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@gpelluet27 Agree 💯

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

🚨 Xcode 27.1 enforces the UIScene lifecycle. Our RN 0.79 app crashes on launch, so Duo simulators don't work.

RN 0.88 adds scene support. No backport planned.

Need Duo? Upgrade. If not, you can stay on Xcode 26.3 for now.

🛠️ We're going 0.79 to 0.88. Will share what breaks.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Notifee is deprecated, so we removed it from our React Native app 👇

1. Push: expo-notifications
2. Foreground service: our own Turbo Module
3. Skipped react-native-notify-kit: another third-party dep, same risk

Rule: core deps from Expo, Callstack, SWM, Google, or in-house.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Most people use only 1 Claude chat and run out of usage quickly.

Try this trick ✴️👇🏻

Keep your main chat for coordination, planning and orchestration. Ask it to spawn cheaper subagents to handle coding and other tasks.

Less context bloat. More efficient usage.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Seems I can logoff early today 😋

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Microsoft down and hence claude is also down. 😶‍🌫️

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@marginsystems 😬

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@nateehall_ Exactly. I mean it's frustrating to switch to cursor from claude code..not sure if it's reasoning issue or what.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

It takes 10 prompts to Cursor what can be done in 1 prompt to claude code. Do you notice the same difference?

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

I am really surprised cursor haven't released android mobile app yet for remote sessions. Any timelines @poteto @elonmusk ?

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@saloniiio I heard it's very cost efficient but but slow compared to opus.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

The nature of work is changed. Now we need to find joy in innovation. We have expert in our hand. We should let our creativity flow and innovate something new.

But I still miss the joy of fixing the bug at 3 am and going back to sleep feeling relieved.

[abhinav @AbhinavXJ]

engineers are leaving software development due to claude code

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@peterpme @yongfook What's spec for your Mac mini?

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

@expo @JI Can I spin up real cloud iphone to test camera features? @expo

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Claude for Manufacturing helps with office work today. The Anthropic's "physical AI" project is a framework that connects Claude to real equipment, like manufacturing machines and microscopes. Soon Claude may run them over cloud.

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: Anthropic launches Claude for manufacturing firms

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

There is no moat.

[Peter Piekarczyk (🥧🚗🐥) @peterpme]

There is no moat in AI chatbots

You can rebuild your own grok bot that runs on your own Mac mini, builds in the cloud or your self hosted Linux machine, add a voice mode, GitHub, Cloudflare, railway integration in all of 30 minutes

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

Claude Remote Session / Claude Cloud Agent + Argent mcp + Expo cloud simulator + ASC Cli means you can ship new ios mobile app end to end through your mobile app. 🤯

[Expo @expo]

Coding agents write mobile code faster than any team can review it.

🙌 Introducing Expo Simulators: cloud simulators built for agents.

Your agent runs its change on a cloud simulator or emulator and brings back the recording before it asks for your attention.

[Varun Kukade @varun_kukade]

I see clear shift. Money is moving to things you can't copy: chips, data centers, power, robots, hardware.

Pure software with nothing physical behind it is easy to clone. That makes it hard to charge for.

The winners will own something real, with software on top.

[Expo @expo]

Coding agents write mobile code faster than any team can review it.

🙌 Introducing Expo Simulators: cloud simulators built for agents.

Your agent runs its change on a cloud simulator or emulator and brings back the recording before it asks for your attention.

[Expo @expo]

Coding agents write mobile code faster than any team can review it.

🙌 Introducing Expo Simulators: cloud simulators built for agents.

Your agent runs its change on a cloud simulator or emulator and brings back the recording before it asks for your attention.