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Andy Perlitch

Full-stack JavaScript developer and creator of Giggable, a React Native app for gigging musicians, formerly with Netflix and featured on React Native Radio.

Oct 20, 2026

3:44
When did you start using React Native and why?
3:47
Yeah, so for this thing, I initially built just a website, you know, because it kind of like I said, I started just building it for my own band.
3:58
Then one of my musicians that plays with me was like, hey, you should, you know, maybe build this into something real for other bands.
4:05
And so, yeah, so I started as just the web.
4:07
And I, you know, initially I was just thinking, OK, I'll just start as a web app.
4:11
And then, you know, one of the things that the app does is it basically allows you to have everyone on a tablet, like in a rehearsal situation, right? Everyone's on a tablet and let's say you're learning new tunes or you're practicing an existing tune that you've played before or whatever.
4:29
the thing that I built was like, if I, the band leader changed to a different tune, it like uses web sockets to automatically update the other screens on the tablets.
6:29
What is your architecture stack and how did you choose it?

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