Tarsier

Tarsier is a modern, feature-rich blog reader that puts your favorite tech articles at your fingertips. Built with a focus on reading experience, it offers a clean, distraction-free interface with powerful tools to discover, organize, and engage with content. ── KEY FEATURES ── 📖 BROWSE & DISCOVER • Infinite scroll article feed with smooth pagination • Browse by categories and tags for targeted content discovery • Featured articles section showcasing handpicked content • Powerful search with recent search history (persisted locally) • Pull-to-refresh for the latest content 🔖 BOOKMARKS & OFFLINE • Save articles to read later with one tap • Optimistic updates — bookmarks save instantly • Offline cache support — access your saved content without internet • Bookmarks sync seamlessly across devices 💬 COMMENTS & ENGAGEMENT • Inline comment system with reply threads • Real-time comment updates via SSE (Server-Sent Events) • Like articles and show appreciation for content creators • Share articles via system share sheet 🌐 MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT • Full internationalization with 6 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, German • Language-specific content fetching from the API • Seamless language switching without app restart 🎨 THEMING & UI • Dark mode / Light mode with smooth animated transitions • Design token system for consistent visual language • Spring-based animated tab bar for fluid navigation • Adaptive UI — overlays hide on scroll for immersive reading • Skeleton loading states for a polished experience 🔐 AUTHENTICATION • Secure OAuth 2.0 login: Google, GitHub, and Apple Sign-In • Traditional email/password registration with form validation • Automatic token refresh with retry logic • Keychain-secured credential storage ⚡ PERFORMANCE • Image prefetching for instant article card rendering • MMKV-powered fast local storage (10x faster than AsyncStorage) • Hermes engine for optimized JavaScript performance • CodePush over-the-air updates — get new features without app store updates • Sentry crash reporting and performance monitoring ── WHAT MAKES TARSIER DIFFERENT ── Tarsier is not just another RSS reader. It's designed as a complete blog platform experience, integrating seamlessly with a modern backend (NestJS) to provide real-time interactions, multi-language content delivery, and a premium reading experience. The app showcases clean architecture principles: Redux Toolkit for predictable state management, RTK Query for intelligent API caching with automatic cache invalidation, and React Native Reanimated for silky-smooth 60fps UI thread animations. ── TECHNOLOGY ── Built with React Native 0.85, TypeScript 5.x, Redux Toolkit 2.x, RTK Query, React Navigation 7.x, React Native Reanimated 4.x, and i18next. ── CONTACT & SUPPORT ── Developer: Porter GitHub: github.com/MrBigPorter Email: [email protected]