Question 1

What is Expo and why use it for React Native?

Accepted Answer

Expo is an open-source platform for building React Native apps with a managed workflow and rich plugin ecosystem. The React Native Expo Convex Starter Kit (VibeFast) leverages Expo to provide instant over-the-air updates, easy asset management, and simplified configuration, enabling you to prototype and ship features faster.

Question 2

What is Convex and how does it compare to Firebase or Supabase?

Accepted Answer

Convex is a backend-as-a-service offering real-time data sync, edge functions, and a JavaScript-driven API. Unlike Firebase’s proprietary SDK or Supabase’s SQL-first approach, Convex integrates seamlessly with the React Native Expo Convex Starter Kit (VibeFast) to deliver low-latency queries and built-in security rules without complex setup.

Question 3

What does “AI-powered starter kit” mean?

Accepted Answer

An AI-powered starter kit, like the React Native Expo Convex Starter Kit (VibeFast), embeds LLM-based assistants to generate boilerplate code, scaffold data models, and suggest UI components in real time. This automation reduces boilerplate overhead and accelerates development workflows by anticipating your next steps.

Question 4

What is “vibe-coding” and how can it speed up development?

Accepted Answer

Vibe coding is an artificial intelligence-assisted software development style popularized by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025. It describes a fast, improvisational, collaborative approach to creating software where the developer and a large language model tuned for coding are acting rather like pair programmers in a conversational loop. Unlike traditional AI-assisted coding or prompt engineering, vibe coding emphasizes staying in a creative flow: the human developer avoids micromanaging the code, accepts AI-suggested completions liberally.

Question 5

Which Expo, React Native, and Convex versions are supported?

Accepted Answer

The current React Native Expo Convex Starter Kit (VibeFast) supports Expo SDK 54, React Native 0.80. We maintain compatibility with the latest stable releases—check our GitHub release notes for upgrade guidelines.

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