21 posts tagged with "Best Practices"

According to the official LiteLLM docs, LiteLLM can act as a Python SDK or as a proxy server that exposes 100+ models through an OpenAI-compatible format. The same docs highlight routing and fallbacks, spend tracking, budgets, virtual keys, logging, and rate limiting. That is exactly why tools like LiteLLM are showing up in more production stacks for AI chat, search, recommendations, and assistant features.

For React Native teams, that also means an AI gateway is no longer just backend plumbing. It is part of your release architecture. If the gateway is exposed, misconfigured, or compromised, your app can leak provider access, burn through budget, or break a core feature without a new binary release ever going through the App Store or Play Store.

React Native has become the go-to framework for creating cross-platform mobile applications that feel native on iOS, Android, and even the web. While it's a strong foundation for app development, taking an app from a concept to a visually appealing, smooth, and user-friendly interface can be quite challenging and time-consuming. That is where React Native UI libraries come into their own. These libraries offer developers the pre-built and customizable elements that accelerate the design process and thereby help create amazing apps faster with less effort.

If you are looking for design-kit inspiration and starter screens, see Best Free React Native UI Kits. This article focuses on reusable component libraries and design-system building blocks.

In the world of React Native development, creating efficient and responsive lists is a common task. One of the go-to components for this purpose is the FlatList. In this comprehensive tutorial, we will take a deep dive into React Native’s FlatList component. We’ll cover everything you need to know to use FlatList effectively in your React Native applications.

The KeyboardAvoidingView works like a charm on iOS, but it can be a bit hit or miss on Android. This is mainly due to the varying keyboard heights and behaviors across different Android devices. You might find yourself needing to mix it with other solutions or tweak how you use it for Android.

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React Native performance work should start with measurement, not guesses. Most slow apps are not slow everywhere. They are slow on a few screens: feeds, checkout, chat, onboarding, maps, image grids, video playback, or cold start.

When working with React, managing state can be a crucial task. Redux and the Context API are two popular tools to address this challenge. In this tutorial, we'll delve deep into both, compare them, and provide code snippets to make the choice clearer.

Network bugs are some of the most common React Native production issues. A screen may fail because the request is wrong, the token is missing, Firebase rules reject the user, App Check blocks the call, the backend returns a 500, or the simulator cannot reach the host.

CodePush used to be the default answer for React Native over-the-air updates. That answer needs more context now. Microsoft retired Visual Studio App Center on March 31, 2025, and the hosted App Center workflow that many CodePush tutorials depended on is no longer a safe long-term default.

Unit tests are a vital part of any software development project and React Native is no exception. Unit tests are small, isolated pieces of code that test a single component or feature of an app. Writing unit tests for React Native apps can help developers catch bugs early, ensure code quality, and make debugging easier.

This article assumes you have just got your new job and you are finding it demanding to settle in and start working on your new team’s codebase. We discuss in this article some of the tricks that can help you familiarize with a new codebase faster. These tips and tricks are a summary after an intense research and consulting with some field developers in the industry. There’s no magic here, just practical and efficient steps in getting you familiar with a new codebase as fast as possible. This article will as well help you as a developer to maintain a sane codebase for the next developer that will take on your good work. Let’s jump right in Here are the five major trips to master a new codebase