Engineering
Offline-First Architecture in React Native
WatermelonDB, Redux Offline, and handling network partitions.
If you are building cross-platform, standard REST calls will fail you in the gym.
WatermelonDB
WatermelonDB is an observable SQLite database for React Native. You write to the local database instantly, the UI updates at 60fps, and a background sync engine pushes the changes to your backend when the network returns.
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