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Issue #40 of The React Native Rewind newsletter covers three topics: (1) react-native-nano-icons, a new library from Software Mansion that compiles SVG folders into custom font files for performant icon rendering, avoiding the overhead of mounting individual SVG components; (2) jail-monkey v3.0, a jailbreak/root detection library that now supports React Native's New Architecture, offering lightweight client-side device-trust checks; (3) a behind-the-scenes look at building a branching narrative horror game called 'The Collapse' in React Native/Expo, and the AI-assisted workflow used to build its visual authoring studio — roughly 10,000 lines of code written without the authors reading a single line, using Claude and EAS preview deploys as the review mechanism.