Bluesky · B2C · federated social network app
Have one developer build iOS, Android and web apps from one codebase
First version shipped in 4 months; about 3 people still run the app
Workedteam-processfeature-development
What they did
Bluesky had a 10-person team with no iOS or Android developers and a tight timeline. One engineer (Paul), with no prior React experience, learned it on the fly and built the first version of the app for iOS, Android and web with Expo in four months.
What happened
One man, three platforms, four months; the app still has only about three people working on it across all platforms.
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