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Explore how the NFL leverages React Native to deliver seamless experiences across mobile apps, web platforms, and connected TV devices in this 56-minute conference talk from React Universe On Air. Join Mike Grabowski from Callstack Engineers as he interviews Michael Blanchard, Director of Engineering at the NFL, who shares insights into scaling React Native for millions of users during high-pressure events like the Super Bowl. Discover the NFL's complete digital ecosystem transformation, including their migration from web-only to cross-platform development, the strategic decision to go full Greenfield twice, and how NFL+ influenced their second major rewrite. Learn about their technical evolution from Haul/Webpack to Metro and Expo, the gradual replacement of community libraries with Expo SDKs, and the implementation of GitHub Actions with EAS Build for their CI/CD pipeline. Understand how the organization manages 20-30 pull requests daily in a monorepo environment while maintaining multiple product versions across different platforms. Gain valuable insights into the cultural shifts that enabled successful collaboration between web and native engineering teams, strategies for handling tight deadlines in sports broadcasting, and practical approaches to cross-platform development at enterprise scale.
