TMiR 2024-05: Updates from React Conf

Quick hits

• 9600 laid off from 36 companies
• New releases
  • Docusaurus 3.3
  • Mantine 7.9.0
  • Astro 4.8
  • Redwood 7.5
• Upcoming conferences
  • Render ATL June 12-14, 2024. Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Future Frontend June 13-14, 2024. Helsinki, Finland
  • React Norway June 14, 2024. Larvik, Norway
  • React Summit June 14 + 18, 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands (+remote)
  • React Nexus July 4-5, 2024. Bangalore, India
  • Chain React 2024 July 17-19, 2024. In person in Portland, OR, USA
  • The Geek Conf July 25, 2024. Berlin, Germany

Main Content

• React Conf recap
  • Livestream recording (165k views 🤯)
  • Seth Webster's mentioned thread
  • React 19 RC
  • Talks:
    • What’s new in React 19 by Lydia Hallie
    • React Unpacked: A Roadmap to React 19 by Sam Selikoff
    • React Server Components Demo by Expo Team
    • React for Two Computers by Dan Abramov
    • React Q&A hosted by Michael Chan
    • React Native Q&A hosted by Jamon Holmgren
  • React Compiler
    • Compiler playground
    • Lauren Tan’s walkthrough of using the compiler and seeing the output, and Sathya + Mofei’s deep dive into how the compiler works
    • Jack Herrington’s compiler walkthrough
    • Recommended for library authors to ship compiled artifacts
    • A talk from Lauren Tan in 2016 that’s spiritually related to React Compiler
  • Merging Remix and React Router
• Effect
  • Great 10 min intro
  • Production-Grade Typescript talk at an event they hosted
• The Forensics Of React Server Components
• Next 15 RC (tweet)
  • Unrelated: Vercel raised $250m
  • It’s not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use
• React Native:
  • “New Architecture” is now in beta
  • “useFrameworks” - Meta announcing that you should use Expo by default.
  • React Native Skia updates
  • React Native IDE:
  • Amazon doing a keynote talk on using React Native for TV and other devices.

⚡Lightning round ⚡

• Speculation Rules API in Chrome
• Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue
• BlueSky Engineering Culture, from The Pragmatic Engineer
• Why Patching Globals is Harmful
• Webkit features in Safari 17.5
• Why React Query? (and upcoming React Query course)
• We can have a different web
• Athena Crisis is now open source
• Security Risks of Postman
• Angular v18 is now available!

• (00:00) - TMiR 2024-05
• (01:33) - Layoffs news
• (02:02) - New Releases
• (02:07) - Docusaurus 3.3
• (02:17) - Mantine 7.9.0
• (02:30) - Astro 4.8
• (03:18) - Redwood 7.5
• (03:26) - Upcoming conferences
• (03:32) - Render Atlanta
• (03:53) - Future Frontend
• (04:49) - React Norway
• (05:01) - React Summit
• (05:15) - React Nexus
• (05:43) - Chain React
• (06:12) - The Geek Conf
• (06:53) - React Conf Recap
• (08:21) - React 19 RC
• (09:44) - Server Components on Expo
• (12:12) - React for Two Computers
• (15:46) - Q&As with React and React Native Core team
• (16:33) - React Compiler
• (23:39) - Remix is merging (back?) into React Router
• (28:08) - Effect JS
• (34:23) - Forensics of React Server Components
• (35:39) - Next.js v15 RC
• (37:05) - It's not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use
• (39:21) - React Native New Architecture beta
• (40:25) - Expo is now the recommended framework
• (41:17) - React Native Skia on WebGPU
• (43:39) - React Native IDE
• (45:03) - React Native on TVs
• (48:04) - ⚡️ Lightning round ⚡️
• (48:07) - Speculation Rules API in Chrome
• (48:33) - Josh Comeau's post on useDeferredValue
• (49:24) - BlueSky engineering culture
• (50:16) - Why Patching Globals is Harmful
• (50:54) - New Webkit features in Safari 17.5
• (53:56) - Why React Query
• (54:45) - We can have a different web