“They had their sort of thing they'll say is like one man three platforms four months was how they built their first version because they weren't even planning to build an app... Paul on their team didn't even have React experience and he just learned on the fly.”

Bluesky shipped one engineer, three platforms, four months

Bluesky had no iOS or Android developers and a tight timeline when they realized they needed a flagship app for their federated protocol. One engineer, Paul, learned React on the fly and shipped across web, iOS, and Android in four months. They still only have about three people working on the app today — a benchmark for what a focused crew can ship.