{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Rocket Ship","title":"#048 - MLKit & The React Native Paradox with Gant Laborde","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9b305e63\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3698,"description":"In this conversation, Simon Grimm interviews Gant Laborde, CIO at Infinite Red, about his role, his sci-fi novel, and the React Native Paradox. Gant explores the reasons behind React Native's success and its consistency and care as key factors. They also touch on the competition between React Native and Flutter, and the challenges faced by Google in maintaining consistency and community support. In this conversation, Gant Laborde discusses the future of AI and its integration into mobile and web projects. He highlights the importance of understanding the business logic and using AI as a feature to enhance the user experience. Gant also explains ML Kit, a Google initiative that provides pre-trained models for image and text recognition, face detection, and more. He emphasizes the need for developers to explore and experiment with AI to discover innovative ways to improve their products. Gant encourages developers to think about how AI can add value and increase the quality of life for users.\nLearn React Native - https://galaxies.dev\nGant Laborde\nGant X: https://x.com/GantLaborde\nGant website: https://gantlaborde.com\nGant GitHub: https://github.com/GantMan\nLinks\nThe React Native Paradox (Chain React 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo2LjKJp0aA&list=PLFHvL21g9bk0XOO9XK6d6S9w1jBU6Dz_U&index=6\nReact Native Ignite: Building an AI app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfXKYPS6Xw&list=PLSk21zn8fFZDMGB9UCnqz4WqLbnOgLnp5&index=3\nInfinite Red React Native ML Kit template: https://github.com/infinitered/react-native-mlkit \nGoogle ML Kit: https://developers.google.com/ml-kit\nTakeaways\nAs CIO at Infinite Red, Gant's role is to drive innovation and explore new technologies for the company.\nThe React Native Paradox refers to the success of React Native despite other technologies attempting to bring web technology to mobile.\nConsistency and care are key factors in the success of React Native.\nFlutter, while popular, faces challenges due to Google's history of discontinuing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1mTgnNUxqgj8QDkI4V51oojxwjdNqhjuAp7rEDt2W1s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNTgzLzE2OTAz/ODE4NzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}