TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives

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• [00:00:00] Intro
• [00:00:46] New releases
• [00:00:49] Immer 10.2
• [00:01:55] ArkType ArkRegex (typed regex)
• [00:02:41] Main Content
• [00:02:45] React Conf
• [00:02:50] Official ReactConf 2025 Recap
• [00:02:57] Introducing the React Foundation (also from Linux Foundation, Meta engineering, and Seth Webster)
• [00:17:03] 19.2 (Activity, useEffectEvent)
• [00:17:27] React Native news
• [00:17:32] New architecture only from v0.82
• [00:18:52] Vega OS announcement
• [00:19:04] Vega introduction at React Conf
• [00:22:36] Joe Savona’s “Exploring React Performance” talk
• [00:23:26] Ricky’s “Async React Part I” and “Part II” (repo)
• [00:27:12] Async React Working Group
• [00:27:35] First discussion of more docs ideas
• [00:28:27] Remix v3 announcement
• [00:29:03] Announcement demo timestamped breakdown
• [00:31:28] Updates syntax can be customized?
• [00:34:44] I built the same app 10 times (code)
• [00:37:57] Same author as React Won by Default and It’s Killing Innovation
• [00:43:33] Solito 5
• [00:46:49] Next 16 and Directives debate
• [00:46:56] Next 16 released
• [00:49:41] Directives and the Platform Boundary
• [00:50:34] Technical critique of Next App Router: Everyone Hates Next.js
• [00:54:56] ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
• [00:54:58] ViteConf roundup
• [00:55:49] AWS Outage Postmortem
• [00:57:10] Voltra
• [00:58:10] Building fully native apps with EAS
• [00:58:52] React Native \<\> Imgui
• [00:59:53] Lodash maintenance foundation
• [01:00:45] Build Your Own Key-Value Database
• [01:02:24] Jared Palmer asking for GH PR suggestions and giving some technical details
• [01:03:54] Node 25 with JSON.stringify improvements
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