LLMs are powerful, but at the same time, too large and resource-intensive. In this talk, you’ll learn how these models work, how they're optimized into smaller, more efficient SLMs, and why it’s a game-changer for mobile development. We’ll also explore the benefits of Edge AI, like privacy, lower latency, and offline support, and we'll walk you through how to integrate on-device conversational AI into a React Native app using ExecuTorch.

React Native has changed a bunch, and if you haven't looked at it lately you're in for some fun. We'll walk through building a real app with (my beloved 😍) Expo. Talk about project setup to app store submission with detours into AI-assisted development and ofc, talk about the casual masochism that is mobile dev.

AI is transforming the global software industry, enabling developers to become more productive than ever before. Large engineering organizations must now adapt to leverage these opportunities and keep pace with this evolution .For engineering leaders, this transformation presents both opportunities and challenges. The shift to AI-assisted development requires thoughtful consideration to accelerate quality, productivity and collaboration.

As AI accelerates projects, we're likely to see a shift toward more product complexity and larger codebases rather than simply faster delivery. This is a pivotal moment for individual developers and organizations to share their experience going through this major paradigm shift.

Drawing from personal experience and Hinge Health's journey as a large React Native team, this talk presents practical strategies for managing the transition to AI-assisted development in a large engineering organization. We'll explore how AI is transforming our product development pipeline through changes in developer productivity and satisfaction, CI, technical writing, project planning, and tooling to handle growing codebase complexity.

Explore the essentials of Rive, followed by a hands-on session creating and implementing animations in a React Native app.