React Native Navigation Done Right - The Mental Model Explained

If you've built more than one React Native app, you know the feeling. You start a new project, get to the navigation setup, and suddenly 2 days are gone . Not because you're slow. Because React Navigation has moving parts that nobody explains together in one place. Nested navigators Auth switching Typed routes Why is the tab bar showing on this screen? Why does going back take me to the wrong place? I've been there. Every project. Same pain, different client. So when I started building my open s