Nathan Potter

React Native for iOS, Android and Web

Published on May 4, 2017

I recently did a quick evaluation of React Native for development of educational software here at Amplify. The desire was to find a platform where development could be done on iOS, Android and Web with maximum reuse, so a student or teacher could use the software in class on a desktop, as well as at home on … Continue reading React Native for iOS, Android and Web

Bazaar in the Cathedral

Published on October 11, 2016

The cathedral reference in Eric Raymond’s essay refers to software “carefully crafted by individual wizards or small bands of mages working in splendid isolation”. When you are running a group of teams as an open source ecosystem, you want your organization to look like a cathedral, but run like a bazaar.

Hello world!

Published on August 23, 2016

Welcome to the Amplify Engineering blog. Hope you find something interesting, useful, and (or) just fun.