The Gray Cat
The Gray Cat is a chubby British Shorthair with a mysterious charm, blending a love for coding with a flair for writing. Passionate about React and always on the hunt for new libraries to explore, this curious feline brings a creative twist to web development. When not immersed in code, The Gray Cat enjoys long naps and indulging in tuna snacks, perfectly balancing work and leisure.
On this blog, The Gray Cat shares adventures through the world of web development, offering insights and stories that inspire. Whether you're into coding, enjoy a good read, or simply love cats, there's something here for everyone to enjoy.
The latest articles by The Gray Cat – Page 8
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React Native ExecuTorch: AI That Lives on the Phone
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Cloud AI is powerful, but it costs money, needs a connection, and sends private data to someone else's servers. React Native ExecuTorch flips the script by running models right on the device, exposed through clean React hooks.
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Throwing a Physics-Powered Party with React Native Fast Confetti
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Celebratory confetti is everywhere in mobile apps, but doing it smoothly at high piece counts has always been a pain. This library makes dense, 60fps confetti cheap by drawing everything in one Skia call and simulating real physics on the UI thread.
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React Native Header Motion: Headless Plumbing for Headers That Actually Collapse
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Collapsible headers are one of those features that look trivial in a demo and turn into a swamp in a real app. This library hands you the plumbing so you can stop reinventing it.
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MMKV: The Storage Engine That Skips the Wait in React Native
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If you have ever wrestled with awaiting a value just to read a theme flag on startup, MMKV is about to make your day. It is synchronous, typed, encrypted, and absurdly fast.
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React Native Reshuffled: Drag, Drop, and Reshuffle a True 2D Grid
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A look at a niche but cleverly engineered React Native library that turns drag-to-rearrange grids into a native-speed, coordinate-based affair.
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React Stripe.js: Wiring Up Payments Without the Pain
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Collecting card details in a React app sounds simple until you remember PCI compliance, wallet buttons, and a dozen local payment methods. React Stripe.js is the official wrapper that makes all of it declarative.
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Reactotron: The React Native Debugger That Lets Your AI Watch the App
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A mature React Native debugger picks up a very modern trick: letting your AI coding assistant read the live app.
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Secretlint: Catching Secrets Before They Ship
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Committing a secret is the kind of mistake that costs an afternoon of key rotation and a small amount of dignity. Secretlint exists to make that mistake nearly impossible, slotting neatly into the lint pipeline you already run.
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Semiotic: The Grammar-of-Graphics Chart Library With an AI-Era Comeback
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Some libraries go quiet for years and then surprise everyone. Semiotic spent a long stretch in the shadows, then re-emerged in 2026 as a streaming-first, AI-friendly visualization toolkit. Here is what it can do today.
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prettier-plugin-tailwindcss: End the Great Class Order War
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Nobody should spend code review energy arguing whether flex comes before p-4. Let the machine decide, consistently, on every save.