Many moons ago, when we were about to start developing our logistics app, we faced a dilemma: what tech stack should we build with? 😭 Do we go fully native with Kotlin and Swift, or cross-platform with Flutter or React Native? After a lot of deliberation, we settled on React Native, supercharged with Expo. Faster iteration, a shared codebase, and easier maintenance made it the better choice for our team. React Native was developed by Meta and is still used across its products. Expo has also powered apps like Starlink and Grok, so we weren’t exactly experimenting with an unproven stack. One thing I particularly enjoyed was the flexibility. When the existing contact-syncing solution didn’t meet our needs, we wrote custom native code and integrated it into our Expo app. No drag-and-drop builders. Actual code, written by us, with a little help from some very capable AI models. 😂 Some of the libraries in our React Native toolkit include: React Native Reanimated - smooth animations React Native Gesture Handler - gestures and interactions gorhom/bottom-sheet - interactive bottom sheets React Native SVG - SVG rendering Expo Location - location services React Native Maps - maps and markers Expo Contacts - contacts access Expo Router - navigation and routing The result? A functional, smooth logistics app with the flexibility to keep building without maintaining two entirely separate native codebases. Looking back, I’m happy with our decision. If you're planning to launch a logistics tech business in 2026, you don't have to start from scratch. The @ServiceBlocks team has a working prototype, and we'd be happy to walk you through a live demo. Check the link in my next post 🚀