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- 3 weeks ago54 min
TMiR 2026-06: React Compiler is getting rusty, what does AI mean for engineering culture
Transcript and URLs ★ Support this podcast ★ Reply on Bluesky - This Month in React: June News Roundup - Intros - [React Router 8](https://remix.run/blog/react-router-v8) - [Babel 8](https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/06/16/8.0.0/) - [Astro 7](https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/) - [TS 7.0 RC](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-rc/) - ESM only, no programmatic API right now - [Nub JS](https://nubjs.com/), from Zod creator - [Legend List 3.0 with DOM support](https://x.com/jmeistrich/status/2059922504320225316) - [TSRX revamped the syntax](https://tsrx.dev/blog/rethinking-tsrx) - React Core news - [React Compiler in Rust is rolling out](https://bsky.app/profile/sebastienlorber.com/post/3moibsmtqjk2x) - [PR was merged after testing at Meta and improved](https://github.com/react/react/pull/36173#issuecomment-4608356402) - [Oxlint, SWC, RSPack, Next all integrating](https://bsky.app/profile/sebastienlorber.com/post/3moibsmtqjk2x%20) - [Rolldown tried integrating directly but removed due to binary size increase](https://x.com/evanyou/status/2069593612153987373) - [Bun tried optimizing the Rust Compiler code](https://gist.github.com/Jarred-Sumner/84df369c35216f40d61d1ea9f95771c2) - Other core improvements - [Fragment Refs have been documented](https://react.dev/reference/react/Fragment#fragmentinstance) in canary - React DevTools MCP tools, including [component tree](https://github.com/react/react/pull/36597) and [perf analysis](https://github.com/react/react/pull/36598) APIs - React Foundation progress - There’s a(n early) [react.foundation](https://react.foundation/) website, advertising funding for maintainers and community groups - They’re gonna have a booth at [Chain React at the end of July](https://chainreactconf.com/) - [Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-is-meta-destroying-its-engineering) - [AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less](https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-demands-more-engineering-discipline) - Christoph Nakazawa posted his [“Modern Engineering Values” and how he uses AI](https://cpojer.net/posts/modern-engineering-values) - [Cloudflare bought VoidZero](https://voidzero.dev/posts/voidzero-cloudflare) - NPM / security updates - [Github Actions allows enforcing pinned action SHAs](https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-15-github-actions-policy-now-supports-blocking-and-sha-pinning-actions/) - [GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst](https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html) - [NPM 12 will disable install scripts and Git deps by default](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-changes-for-npm-v12/) - Code optimization still matters! - [TanStack Table cut memory in v9 by 90% on large lists by optimizing JS objects](https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-table-v9-memory-performance) and [optimized TS perf](https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-table-v9-typescript-performance) - [Pierre Diffs was significantly optimized](https://pierre.computer/writing/on-rendering-diffs) - has to handle virtualization, syntax highlighting, source loading - [CompileCat is a new optimizing compiler to improve JS execution after bundling](https://github.com/isaac-mason/compilecat), similar to Closure Compiler. ([the RSPack team says they’re working on something similar](https://x.com/jiahan_c/status/2065630866668453898) ) - [Mark’s React-Redux /+ signals draft perf PR](https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux/pull/2318) and [updated React-Redux benchmarks repo](https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux-benchmarks) - [Aurora Scharff’s preferred RSC component architecture](https://aurorascharff.no/posts/component-architecture-for-react-server-components/) - [Lovable projects now use TanStack Start by default](https://lovable.dev/blog/building-apps-using-tanstack-start)
- Jun 6, 20261h 9m
TMiR 2026-05: Who even is on the Core team anymore, TanStack got pwn'd bad
Transcript and URLs ★ Support this podcast ★ Reply on Bluesky - Interview - Some podcast meta - New Releases - [TS v7 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-beta/) - [Rolldown 1.0](https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-rolldown-1-0) - [Fate 1.0](https://fate.technology/posts/fate-1.0) - Main Content - React Core - React team status after Meta layoffs? - [React Compiler port to Rust still in progress](https://x.com/poteto/status/2056865079543681329), latest [PR](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/36173) - [Tanner Linsley is "projecting" React](https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react) (it's definitely not a fork) - [Tests are the new moat](https://saewitz.com/tests-are-the-new-moat) - [Brooks Lybrand thoughts on React + community after React Miami](https://brookslybrand.com/posts/react-miami-2026.html) - [TanStack is exploring how to expose Server Components](https://tanstack.com/blog/react-server-components) - [Who Owns the Tree](https://tanstack.com/blog/who-owns-the-tree) - [RSCs in TanStack](https://frontendmasters.com/blog/react-server-components-in-tanstack/) - [Remix v3 beta preview](https://remix.run/blog/remix-3-beta-preview) - Both Remix and TanStack are exploring "what if no React"? - [TSRX](https://tsrx.dev/), a variant on JSX - Security! Everything is compromised - [TanStack Router compromised](https://tanstack.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-compromise-postmortem), and [Socket analysis](https://socket.dev/blog/tanstack-npm-packages-compromised-mini-shai-hulud-supply-chain-attack) - [TanStack followup with followup hardening](https://tanstack.com/blog/incident-followup) - [Nx monorepo tool compromised](https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem) as a result - React2Shell recaps from [Lachlan Davidson](https://lachlan.nz/blog/the-react2shell-story/) and [Sylvie](https://sylvie.fyi/posts/react2shell/) - [Next 16.2.5 and more React CVEs](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.2.5) - [NPM adds “staged packages”](https://docs.npmjs.com/staged-publishing) and [E18E adds guidance](https://e18e.dev/docs/publishing.html#staged-packages) - [PNPM 11 defaults to min release age](https://socket.dev/blog/pnpm-11-adds-new-supply-chain-protection-defaults), NPM 12 will [block by default](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868) - [Review your GH Actions, people!](https://github.com/e18e/ecosystem-issues/issues/266) - Mark posted his big AI blog posts. [Part 1: Fears and Journey](https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2026/05/ai-thoughts-part-1-fears-opinions-journey/) - Outro
- May 7, 20261h 4m
Mark & Carl talk with Swizec Teller about using AI at work
Transcript ★ Support this podcast ★ Reply on Bluesky - This Month in React April - Introductions - What convinced you AI code tools were worth using? - Using early ChatGPT for DB migrations - Watching AI use a command-line - Background chat agents - Staying very hands-on while using AI tools - Driving AI closely without reading its code - Mark's workflow; OpenCode with CodeNomad UI, plus IDE+git UI. Opus 4.6 on API - Swizec's workflow, latest Cursor on Opus - Carl's workflow, mostly ClaudeCode but looking at custom orchestrators - Exploring fully autonomous agents - Mark's AI debugging work in React core - Value of providing more context - AI-owned documentation - Using good engineering practices still matters? - How do you know the right code to make? - Good communication still matters - What will "review" look like in the future? - Automating functionality tests with deployment practices - What behaviors belong to the agent, and what fundamentally can't be part of the agent? - Impacts of LLMs on software engineering? - A superpower right now is a domain expert who can kind of code
- Mar 3, 20261h 5m
TMiR 2026-02: CloudFlare remakes Next with AI; Vercel big mad. We talk too much about AI Agents
Transcript and links - This Month in React February 2026 - New releases - [TS 6.0 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/)/! (last TS impl release; stricter defaults) - [Yarn 6 preview](https://yarn6.netlify.app/blog/2026-01-28-yarn-6-preview/) (rewritten in Rust) - [Electrobun](https://blackboard.sh/electrobun/docs/) (Tauri alternative) - [React Native Gesture Handler v3](https://blog.swmansion.com/introducing-gesture-handler-3-0-hook-based-api-deeper-reanimated-integration-more-9185b0c8e305) - [Next polyfills improved WebStreams and upstreaming to Node](https://vercel.com/blog/we-ralph-wiggumed-webstreams-to-make-them-10x-faster) - [Webpack 2026 roadmap](https://webpack.js.org/blog/2026-04-02-roadmap-2026/) - [Lodash maintenance roadmap](https://socket.dev/blog/inside-lodash-security-reset) - [Gatsby React 19 support](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/release-notes/v5.16/) , [styled-components RSC support](https://styled-components.com/releases#styled-components@6.3.0) - [npmx.dev](https://npmx.dev/) (alternate NPM site UI) - [eslint-plugin-react-render-types](https://github.com/HorusGoul/eslint-plugin-react-render-types) (typed children) - Main Content - React Core updates: - [React Foundation officially launched](https://react.dev/blog/2026/02/24/the-react-foundation) - Docs updates: [/`useActionState/`](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8284) (merged), [/`use/`](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8305) and [RSC sandboxes](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8300) (wip) - [React Native 0.84 released](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2026/02/11/react-native-0.84) - [Hermes WASM support](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2023821160241393839) , [Hermes Node compat CLI](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2024609186936660170) - “State of…” survey results - [State of JS 2025 results](https://2025.stateofjs.com/en-US) - [State of React 2025 results](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US) - [Aurora Scharff’s conclusion](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/conclusion/) - [Josh Comeau’s takes on the results](https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3mf642css6227) - [API pain points](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/features/#main_apis_pain_points) - [State of React Native 2025](https://results.2025.stateofreactnative.com/en-US/) - [How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week](https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/) - CloudFlare v Vercel beef - Carl Vitullo monologs about AI Agents - AI productivity and impacts on our attention - ["wrote a spec, pointed Claude at an Asana board, and went home"](https://x.com/rvivek/status/2026385957596111044) - [Bits AI SRE | Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/product/ai/bits-ai-sre/) - [ThoughtWorks opines on AI productivity impacts](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/14/thoughtworks/) - ⚡ Lightning round ⚡ - [“Wall Street Raider” game modernization](https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.html) (and uses Preact) - [Github Stacked Diffs preview](https://x.com/jaredpalmer/status/2019817235163074881) , [faster Issues search](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-01-29-improved-search-for-github-issues-in-public-preview/) - [Josh Comeau: Sprite animations](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/sprites/) - [Interop 2026](https://wpt.fyi/interop-2026), ([WebKit](https://webkit.org/blog/17818/announcing-interop-2026/), [Igalia](https://www.igalia.com/news/interop-2026.html)) - Conferences ([React](https://react.dev/community/conferences), [Javascript](https://confs.tech/javascript)) Reply on Bluesky ★ Support this podcast ★
- Feb 5, 20261h 5m
TMiR 2026-01: Oops more CVEs. AI has React "skills", Astro exits and Tailwind struggles
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- Dec 31, 20251h 39m
TMiR 2025-12: Year in review, React2Shell (RCE, DOS, SCE, oh my)
Full transcript at ReactifluxMain ContentReact2Shell vulnerabilityInitial announcementFollowup denial-of-service CVE and source code exposure CVEVercel bulletinCloudflareCloudflare report on exploit attemptsCloudflare outage on December 5, 2025Tech analysis: “Flight Protocol”Vuln is carefully crafted Promise deserialization + `new Function` evalPRs: Initial fixes, Promise cycles / function toString, more Promise cyclesGuillermo’s breakdownShruti’s breakdownComms critique“React is rainbow colored (function types)”What does this mean for React and RSC adoption going forward?When I go back and look at react.dev now \[…\] it feels half-finishedReact Native year in reviewMore CSS supportExpo EAS hostingRN 0.78: React 19 supportLynx launchedRN 0.79: JSC moving to Community PackageRN 0.80: Freezing the legacy architectureRN 0.81: Android 16 support for edge to edge1.0 on the horizonVega OS launchedRN 0.82: Only new architectureExpo App AwardsRN 0.83: New Devtools - no breaking changesReact year in reviewCRA deprecation, new install docs (Vite\!)Styled Components DeprecatedReleases: 19.2 (Activity, useEffectEvent), Compiler 1.0Research: View Transitions canary, perf, concurrent stores, “throw a promise” deprecated (but not merged yet)“Async React” and the ecosystemReact FoundationReact growth skyrocketsReact Router RSC support, TanStack Start WIP RSC, WakuDan’s RSC explainers (he had a bunch of things to say)Remix v3 Jam recap (not React but relevant)Mark went from frustrated (<a href="https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2025/06/rea
- Nov 30, 20251h 2m
TMiR 2025-11: Cloudflare outage, ongoing npm hacks, React Router is getting RSCs
Transcript and show notesTMiR on Bluesky[00:13] Intro[01:00] New releases[01:04] BetterAuth 1.4[02:47] Immer 11, RTK 2.11[06:00] Storybook 10[06:22] 0.1 version of Remix team’s “event interaction” package[08:04] Main content[08:08] Ecosystem panel discussion of React Foundation at React Summit NY[14:46] React Concurrent Stores: Polyfill, React-Redux POC[17:52] React Router and transition usage[18:08] Matt Brophy and Ricky discussing nuances of behavior, use with React Router[22:53] The State of TanStack, Two Years of Full-Time OSS[25:57] TanStack DB 0.5[31:01] Tanner teasing a WIP TanStack Start RSC implementation[32:25] State of the web ecosystem[33:13] Cloudflare November outage postmortem[36:10] "What if people don't want to create things"[39:39] “When Everyone’s a Developer, How Do We Promote the Web Platform Over React?”[45:53] Related, “Dead Framework Theory” from last month[48:12] Alex Russell’s latest stats on web devices and network budgets[51:48] Npm attack, Shai-Hulud round 2[52:06] Analysis of its evolution in code from Sept[55:23] Our plan for a more secure npm supply chain from September[55:29] NPM update on token management changes[55:34] ⚡ Lightning round ⚡[55:38] TS 6.0 hopefully Feb 2026, 7.0 (native) soon after (more details in the TypeScript.fm podcast)[56:03] Latest TC39 proposal updates[56:32] Chrome (and other browsers) wants to remove XSLT from the web platform[57:14] “Your URL is Your State”, and David K’s “Goodbye, useState” talk[57:46] Aiden Bai’s “React Grab” util[58:39] Creating a custom Node module loader to import from Bittorrent[59:22] Ryan Carniato’s stream on researching “async signals”[59:33] Details of building Node’s TS type stripping support[59:58] The Web Animation Performance Tier List[01:00:14] Conferences (React, Javascript)[01:00:22] CFPs[01:01:01] React Paris (<a href="http
- Oct 31, 20251h 13m
TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives
Transcript and article links[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[<a href="https://github
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