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DFS
Indie developer for  platforms (iOS, watchOS & macOS). Making @bluebird_app & @IndieLifeComics with @topologiraffe. (he/him)
May 18, 2021 15 tweets 7 min read
Today, Bluebird 2.0 is finally out.

This huge update took me 10 months, I rewrote the app from the ground up (React Native → SwiftUI), and pivoted it in a new direction.

It’s a journey of pain and joy, and I’d like to share what I’ve been through along the way.

(thread 🧵) Bluebird 1.10.5 vs. 2.0 This story starts in early 2019, as a web developer with 5 years of experience, I chose to write Bluebird 1.0 using React Native because it enabled me to write native UIs declaratively.