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25 Hard Lessons I Learned as a React Native Developer

Hey there! 👋 If you’re a React Native developer, I’ve got some hard-earned lessons to share. These aren’t just theoretical best practices — I learned them the hard way, through hours of debugging, embarrassing production bugs, and facepalm moments.

So, let’s get straight to it — here are 25 hard lessons I learned as a React Native developer.

🚀 The Planning & Execution Phase

1. Writing Code Without Planning

I once jumped into coding a delivery app without any planning because “I had it all in my head.” Three weeks later, I had to rewrite everything from scratch. Now, I always sketch out a roadmap before writing code.

2. Planning Too Much Before Writing Code

On the flip side, I’ve also spent too much time planning and got stuck in “analysis paralysis.” The client even started wondering if we were actually building anything. Now, I limit planning to one day per two-week sprint.

⚡ Code Quality & Best Practices

3. Underestimating the Importance of Code Quality