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Open-Source Expo & React Native Tools

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High-performance packages for mobile development, battle-tested in production apps. Built by Dmitry Amelchenko in Boston.

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About Echowaves

Echowaves Corp. is dedicated to building high-quality, open-source tools and applications for the React Native and Expo ecosystem. With a focus on performance, security, and developer experience, we create solutions that help developers build better mobile applications.

Our mission is to solve real-world problems in mobile development by providing robust, well-documented, and actively maintained packages that developers can rely on.

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High Performance

Optimized components built for speed and efficiency

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Secure

Built-in security features and best practices

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Well Documented

Comprehensive documentation and examples

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Production Ready

Battle-tested in real-world applications

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Our Projects

WiSaw

JavaScript

Incognito photos and short videos, anonymous posting. A location-based photo sharing mobile app.

MobilePhoto SharingReact Native
⭐ 38🔱 6
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WiSaw.cdk

TypeScript

Infrastructure as code for WiSaw using AWS CDK

AWSCDKInfrastructure
⭐ 0🔱 0
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WiSaw.client

JavaScript

Client application for WiSaw photo sharing platform

ClientFrontendReact Native
⭐ 0🔱 0
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get2knowu

JavaScript

Social networking application for getting to know people

SocialNetworking
⭐ 0🔱 0
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chimingClock

JavaScript

A beautiful chiming clock application

UtilityClock
⭐ 0🔱 0
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NPM Packages

Production-ready React Native and Expo packages used by thousands of developers worldwide

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expo-cached-image

v54.0.7

Super fast cached image component for react-native applications powered by expo

📦907/week
⭐103 stars

Features:

  • Fast image loading with local caching
  • Secure file handling
  • Configurable cache expiration
  • Automatic cache cleanup
  • TypeScript support
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npm install expo-cached-image
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expo-storage

v54.0.6

Simple way to store persistent data, which does not have size limitations of react-native async-storage

📦599/week
⭐15 stars

Features:

  • No size limitations
  • Promise-based API
  • TypeScript support
  • Persistent storage
  • Built-in security features
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npm install expo-storage
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expo-masonry-layout

v1.1.11

High-performance masonry layout component for React Native and Expo applications

📦8/week
⭐1 stars

Features:

  • High Performance with VirtualizedList
  • Responsive layout
  • Pull-to-refresh support
  • Infinite scroll
  • Smart masonry algorithm
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npm install expo-masonry-layout

🌟 Used in Production

All our packages are battle-tested in real-world applications like WiSaw — a location-based photo sharing app with thousands of users.

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Technical Blog

Sharing insights on React Native, Expo, AI, AWS, and software development best practices. Follow along on Dev.to for the latest articles.

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Topics Covered

🤖AI & Agentic Coding
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The Token Tax: Why GenAI Billing Makes Minimalist Architecture Mandatory

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Why token-based GenAI billing makes minimalist architecture mandatory — complexity is now metered per token.

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Velocity is a Vanity Metric: Why Agentic Coding is Actually About Quality.

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Why viewing agentic AI as just a speed booster is a category error — the real gain is compounding quality.

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From Vibe Coding to SDD: Why the Future of Engineering is Architecture

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The shift from vibe coding to spec-driven development, where every developer becomes an architect.

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The End of Vibe Coding

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Why vibe coding fails at scale and how Spec-Driven Development replaces it with disciplined, architectural AI workflows.

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Make Coding Fun Again

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How GenAI and GitHub Copilot are transforming the development experience.

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Before vs. After: How AI 'Vibe-Coded' a Mobile App Makeover

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UX improvements for mobile app using AI — a before and after side-by-side comparison.

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Minimalistic architecture for Minimalistic product

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A practical startup architecture — JavaScript end-to-end, AWS Lambda serverless, and PostgreSQL for a simple, scalable stack.

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💡 From the Blog

"Source of complex solutions to your simple problems."

Dmitry Amelchenko — builder at Echowaves, based in Boston MA. Writing about AI-assisted development, spec-driven workflows, React Native, and the philosophy of minimalistic architecture since 2019.