This year, React Universe On Air is doing something different for Christmas. No guests, demos, or framework updates. Instead, Ola Desmurs Linczewska tells a Christmas story.
A (Secure) Christmas Carol is a holiday fairytale for JavaScript and React Native developers. Set on Christmas Eve, it follows Npmezer Scrooge, a senior engineer who believes deadlines matter more than holidays, and warnings can always wait.
Over the course of one long winter night, he’s visited by unexpected guides who show him what his choices look like across time: the optimism of the past, the quiet damage of the present, and a future no one wants.
All technical details, real-world security issues, and references mentioned in the story are explained in the show notes 📚 https://clstk.com/4pEVYwv
We’ll be back in January with regular episodes. Until then, stay kind, stay curious, and have yourself a very merry Christmas.
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This year, React Universe On Air is doing something different for Christmas. No guests, demos, or framework updates. Instead, Ola Desmurs Linczewska tells a Christmas story.
A (Secure) Christmas Carol is a holiday fairytale for JavaScript and React Native developers. Set on Christmas Eve, it follows Npmezer Scrooge, a senior engineer who believes deadlines matter more than holidays, and warnings can always wait.
Over the course of one long winter night, he’s visited by unexpected guides who show him what his choices look like across time: the optimism of the past, the quiet damage of the present, and a future no one wants.
All technical details, real-world security issues, and references mentioned in the story are explained in the show notes 📚 https://clstk.com/4pEVYwv
We’ll be back in January with regular episodes. Until then, stay kind, stay curious, and have yourself a very merry Christmas.
Many React Native apps ship without full observability. The result? Blind spots in performance, crashes, and user behavior once your app is in the wild.
In this episode of React Universe On Air, Łukasz Chludziński sits down with Jonathan Munz (Senior Software Engineer at Embrace) and Adam Horodyski (React Native Expert at Callstack) to unpack how OpenTelemetry can bring structure and clarity to mobile monitoring.
They break down why mobile observability is harder than observability on backend, what the OTLP protocol enables, and how to instrument React Native apps without locking into a single vendor. You’ll also hear how community-driven tooling like React Native OpenTelemetry and the Embrace React Native SDK can simplify setup and improve data portability.
You’ll learn:
➡️ How observability and OpenTelemetry work together
➡️ The 3 core OpenTelemetry signal types for mobile
➡️ Why mobile instrumentation is more complex than backend telemetry
➡️ How OTLP improves interoperability between tools
➡️ Where auto-instrumentation is still missing in React Native
➡️ The role of Embrace and open-source libraries in reducing setup overhead
Check out episode resources on our website 📚 https://clstk.com/4104nAF
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome to the React Universe
01:07 Meet our guests
03:07 Defining observability and OpenTelemetry
04:32 Signals in observability
11:57 Challenges with observability in React & React Native
16:04 Standardization and OpenTelemetry protocol
18:08 Embrace and Open Telemetry
21:29 Future of OpenTelemetry in mobile
27:23 Exploring React Native OpenTelemetry
29:54 Community involvement in OpenTelemetry
37:34 Real observability in React Native
46:41 Future of React Native observability
50:40 Hey, listeners, here’s what we want you to do
54:46 Conclusion and final thoughts
React Universe On Air
This year, React Universe On Air is doing something different for Christmas. No guests, demos, or framework updates. Instead, Ola Desmurs Linczewska tells a Christmas story.
A (Secure) Christmas Carol is a holiday fairytale for JavaScript and React Native developers. Set on Christmas Eve, it follows Npmezer Scrooge, a senior engineer who believes deadlines matter more than holidays, and warnings can always wait.
Over the course of one long winter night, he’s visited by unexpected guides who show him what his choices look like across time: the optimism of the past, the quiet damage of the present, and a future no one wants.
All technical details, real-world security issues, and references mentioned in the story are explained in the show notes 📚 https://clstk.com/4pEVYwv
We’ll be back in January with regular episodes. Until then, stay kind, stay curious, and have yourself a very merry Christmas.
