Join Gant Laborde in a thought-provoking exploration into the enigma of React Native. This journey starts at the origin of one of the most influential frameworks in mobile technology, that shouldn’t have worked. The road to successfully bringing the web’s foundational language to mobile has been promised by many, but what made React Native navigate the unexpected twists and turns? This talk delves into the contradiction of React Native. See the years of React Native in a single glance, and challenge your own conventional wisdom. Let’s rekindle the spark that built React Native and kick off this conference for the future of cross-platform development.