VanJS September 2026 — Shipaton Edition, powered by Expo 🚀

​This month we're teaming up with Expo for a night focused on mobile, and kicking off Shipaton with the community.

​Speakers

​Caio Alcantara — "Frontend is Not the Bottleneck: Lessons from Scaling a High-Traffic Marketing Platform"

​David Ko (Expo) — "Expo from Zero to the App Store"

​Shipaton Kick-Off — with the Expo team

​Shipaton is RevenueCat's global mobile hackathon: ship a brand-new iOS or Android app between August 1 and September 30, integrate the RevenueCat SDK, and compete for over $1M in prizes. We'll walk through how it works, what counts, and how to get from idea to store listing in the weeks that are left. Then we open laptops and get started together.

​💻 Bring your laptop — the second half is hands-on. Whether you're starting a project from scratch or already mid-build, we'll have people around who can help you get unstuck.

​🎁 Secret raffle — there's a prize. We're not saying what it is. You'll want to be in the room.

​📅 Schedule
5:00–5:30 — Arrival
5:30–5:40 — Welcome & Opening
5:40–6:00 — Caio Alcantara
6:00–6:05 — Raffle
6:05–6:30 — David Ko (Expo)
6:30–8:00 — Shipaton Kick-Off, hacking

​📍 NE University — Thursday, September 3

​Pre-register for Shipaton ahead of time so you're ready to go on the night: shipaton.com

​New to React Native or mobile in general? Come anyway. Half the point of a kick-off is lowering the barrier to starting.