Kate Kim

Charlie and I talked about this for 2 hours one Saturday, and I've been hyped ever since. There's nobody better to design and build a new agent-native mobile framework than @ccheever.

Infinite Red has specialized in React Native for 11 years -- building mobile apps on any platform. Now we're moving toward any software development -- building any type of software on any platform. With agentic coding, it no longer makes sense to narrowly focus on one technology stack. We can be effective across a variety of technologies, React Native being one of many. The things that remain the same: - we have great US-based devs, low turnover - we are kind, skilled, helpful, ambitious - we think holistically, not narrowly - we want to be the lowest-stress part of your project - we take our craft seriously - we value quality, rigor, and an engineering approach - we leave things better than we found them - we don't need to be babysat - we work within your systems and build for you - we have opinions, but we don't get stuck on them - we aren't afraid to have hard conversations - we love feedback and use that to to get better - we ask questions first and give opinions after I have so much confidence in my team. Becoming CEO of IR this year and being able to lead them is one of my greatest privileges. If you need help with any software project, please reach out. I want you to hold us to this standard I just laid out above, and I'm excited to work with you!

I'm working hard on a consulting model for Infinite Red for the future. Here's a sneak peek. The thing that really stands out to me right now is that it's relatively easy for devs to figure out how to ship features with agents. It's much, much harder to figure out how to keep velocity high while also keeping quality and confidence high. I think there's a place for us here, especially in mobile apps*, which we know inside and out -- we've lived and breathed mobile apps for over a decade. Heck, my first mobile app was in 2011, and I totally fell in love with building them. We can absolutely clean up any slop, architect great systems, fix performance/security/UX issues, and ship. That's a huge part of the gig. The new addition is Agent Ops. We won't be only building mobile apps with agents, but we'll be building agentic pipelines, validations, and more that are tuned for your team and business and that improve over time. We're trialing some new processes here that are very interesting and I'll have a lot more to say in the coming months. * Not just React Native, btw. We were doing native dev before RN, and have written a ton of native code in the past 5ish years too. We can do it all.

It was extremely difficult to cut through the noise this year and get people to Chain React. With great effort, we got a bit over 300 attendees. But what an amazing conference! I can’t remember the last time I had that many meaningful, deep conversations at a conference. It felt like everyone wanted to hear from others about their perspectives on the industry changes and the future of React Native. There were thoughtful questions and insightful connections. I loved every minute of it.

If you know anyone who might need Infinite Red’s help with a React Native or Expo (or native mobile) project, I’d love to chat with them! I have a few fantastic developers available and the project I had lined up just fell through. jamon at infinite dot red or DM me

This month I took on a new role at Infinite Red: I’m now CEO. My longtime business partner Todd retired after over 10 years working together, and now @GantLaborde and I are charting our own course. Todd has been an amazing business partner and remains a great friend. We will miss having him around every day (he plans to still hang out with us regularly though). He’s never been a public facing figure, but the team always loved working with him. He’s the type of guy who loves to make people laugh, who asks about your day, and treats everyone like family no matter what your title is. In fact, the lower your title, the more he wanted to support you. It seems like my job changes every 10 years or so. I started my first business in 2005, merged it into Todd and Gant’s company in 2015, and now taking over as CEO in 2026. We have some pretty big challenges coming up. The market is pretty soft and we haven’t kept quite as busy as I’d like. We also have our eye on how AI is changing our industry. Gant and I are optimistic, though. The team is in a great place, leadership is very cohesive, and we have a lot of ideas to help Infinite Red navigate the uncertain waters ahead. I’m excited about the future!

Don't forget to get your Chain React tickets! The only US-based React Native conference. We're co-presenting with Expo this year and it's going to be rad. • Portland, OR • Workshops July 29 • Talks July 30-31 Buy Tickets → ti.to/chainreact/chainreact2… Retweets very welcome!