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• Mark Erikson - Host
• Carl Vitullo - Producer

• (00:00) - tmir-2026-08
• (00:55) - New releases
• (01:02) - Waku 1.0 (RC)
• (03:01) - Preact 11.0.0-rc.1
• (03:56) - Mobx 7.0
• (04:32) - Next 16.3
• (06:55) - React Native 0.87
• (07:47) - TanStack Table 9
• (09:25) - TC39 “Composites” proposal (~ replaces Records and Tuples)
• (10:44) - Solid 2.0 RC
• (13:39) - Bun 1.4
• (17:18) - Github stacked PRs in public preview
• (21:38) - Main Content
• (21:42) - React core-ish
• (21:49) - New ReactDOM `use(browser())` API
• (22:47) - React Foundation website updated
• (23:18) - Big Next.js AMA in /r/reactjs
• (23:49) - React Compiler support in OXC
• (25:21) - Biome and Bun 1.4 have initial support as well
• (25:45) - The asteroid currently hitting frontend web development
• (32:36) - Scott Tolinski’s “True Cost of AI Coding” survey and video
• (37:51) - Josh Goldberg stepped back from OSS work
• (40:53) - Software Stewardship Lab announced (Daniel Roe et al)
• (42:11) - Humanity in OSS
• (46:47) - Cursor switched from Solid to React
• (47:46) - Lovable moved off Next to TanStack Start
• (49:00) - Ryan Carniato’s async Solid articles
• (49:33) - Slew of Github competitors: Tangled, Cloudflare Artifacts, Netlify Source, Cursor Origin
• (55:55) - Git at Any Scale
• (57:14) - Lightning round
• (57:16) - npm.report
• (57:51) - Supplier Security Questionnaire, Andrew Nesbitt
• (58:58) - Everything I own, owned, Chaz Schlarp
• (01:02:33) - The sorry state of Skill distribution
• (01:03:46) - Conferences
• (01:03:48) - ZurichJS Sep 11
• (01:04:47) - React Alicante Sep 23-24
• (01:05:09) - Outro

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• Mark Erikson - Host
• Carl Vitullo - Producer

• (00:00) - This Month in React July 2026
• (01:27) - New releases
• (01:29) - Vite+ Beta
• (02:41) - TypeScript 7.0 released
• (03:56) - Open PR for “content mappers” to typecheck templates other than JSX
• (04:57) - Johnson Chu made a compatibility layer to drop-in for unsupported tools
• (05:18) - OXC type-aware linting stable
• (06:00) - NPM v12 and new security defaults
• (07:00) - Dependabot supports a configurable delay
• (07:37) - More React RSC security tweaks for 19.x
• (08:06) - Main Content
• (08:07) - React org updates
• (08:22) - “Leadership Council” and Working Group structure on the new team page
• (11:11) - Stub governance docs for the Leadership Council
• (14:37) - Rick Hanlon update on the React team using a “stage” process internally
• (15:39) - Pete Hunt and Nick Schrock join Vercel to run Frameworks/Next and Agent DX
• (17:16) - Poimandres published a charter
• (20:20) - For instance, WebGL text rendering
• (21:30) - React-alikes
• (21:40) - Octane from Dominic Gannaway
• (28:27) - Ryan Carniato: "React’s staying power is because of complacency"
• (29:12) - “Do people think FE innovation is dead?
• (30:31) - Parallel articles on Solid 2.0 with async, and Remix 3
• (32:22) - "no benchmark […] has captured the relationship between reactivity and rendering"
• (35:04) - ReactBench to measure AI code quality from Aidan Bai
• (36:37) - Alex Russell thinks everyone is screwing up state management
• (47:41) - Aurora Scharff rewrote the Suspense docs page to cover how it works
• (48:22) - And a post on RSC performance patterns
• (48:41) - TanStack removed RSCs from the website
• (51:04) - Mark is experimenting with perf improvements for RTK v3
• (57:36) - Making referential stability a type
• (59:17) - Porffor native compiler upcoming alpha
• (59:39) - Perry cross-compiles Claude Code bundle
• (01:00:17) - Marker
• (01:02:04) - Goodbye, forever, probably.
• (01:08:41) - Conferences
• (01:08:53) - Sep 11: ZurichJS, Switzerland
• (01:09:14) - Sep 25-26: React Alicante, Spain

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• (00:00) - This Month in React: June News Roundup
• (00:11) - Intros
• (02:24) - [React Router 8](https://remix.run/blog/react-router-v8)
• (05:29) - [Babel 8](https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/06/16/8.0.0/)
• (07:05) - [Astro 7](https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/)
• (09:03) - [TS 7.0 RC](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-rc/)
• (09:31) - ESM only, no programmatic API right now
• (10:31) - [Nub JS](https://nubjs.com/), from Zod creator
• (14:03) - [Legend List 3.0 with DOM support](https://x.com/jmeistrich/status/2059922504320225316)
• (14:34) - [TSRX revamped the syntax](https://tsrx.dev/blog/rethinking-tsrx)
• (16:18) - React Core news
• (16:22) - [React Compiler in Rust is rolling out](https://bsky.app/profile/sebastienlorber.com/post/3moibsmtqjk2x)
• (16:47) - [PR was merged after testing at Meta and improved](https://github.com/react/react/pull/36173#issuecomment-4608356402)
• (17:24) - [Oxlint, SWC, RSPack, Next all integrating](https://bsky.app/profile/sebastienlorber.com/post/3moibsmtqjk2x%20)
• (17:40) - [Rolldown tried integrating directly but removed due to binary size increase](https://x.com/evanyou/status/2069593612153987373)
• (18:08) - [Bun tried optimizing the Rust Compiler code](https://gist.github.com/Jarred-Sumner/84df369c35216f40d61d1ea9f95771c2)
• (18:47) - Other core improvements
• (19:07) - [Fragment Refs have been documented](https://react.dev/reference/react/Fragment#fragmentinstance) in canary
• (21:31) - 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
• (22:18) - React Foundation progress
• (22:29) - There’s a(n early) [react.foundation](https://react.foundation/) website, advertising funding for maintainers and community groups
• (25:30) - They’re gonna have a booth at [Chain React at the end of July](https://chainreactconf.com/)
• (26:01) - [Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-is-meta-destroying-its-engineering)
• (32:36) - [AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less](https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-demands-more-engineering-discipline)
• (40:41) - Christoph Nakazawa posted his [“Modern Engineering Values” and how he uses AI](https://cpojer.net/posts/modern-engineering-values)
• (42:31) - [Cloudflare bought VoidZero](https://voidzero.dev/posts/voidzero-cloudflare)
• (43:34) - NPM / security updates
• (43:38) - [Github Actions allows enforcing pinned action SHAs](https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-15-github-actions-policy-now-supports-blocking-and-sha-pinning-actions/)
• (44:11) - [GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst](https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html)
• (45:17) - [NPM 12 will disable install scripts and Git deps by default](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-changes-for-npm-v12/)
• (46:15) - Code optimization still matters!
• (46:43) - [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)
• (47:15) - [Pierre Diffs was significantly optimized](https://pierre.computer/writing/on-rendering-diffs) - has to handle virtualization, syntax highlighting, source loading
• (48:27) - [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) )
• (51:12) - [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)
• (52:41) - [Aurora Scharff’s preferred RSC component architecture](https://aurorascharff.no/posts/component-architecture-for-react-server-components/)
• (53:24) - [Lovable projects now use TanStack Start by default](https://lovable.dev/blog/building-apps-using-tanstack-start)

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• (00:00) - Interview
• (00:55) - Some podcast meta
• (01:49) - New Releases
• (01:51) - [TS v7 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-beta/)
• (05:15) - [Rolldown 1.0](https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-rolldown-1-0)
• (06:51) - [Fate 1.0](https://fate.technology/posts/fate-1.0)
• (09:48) - Main Content
• (09:56) - React Core
• (10:09) - React team status after Meta layoffs?
• (14:59) - [React Compiler port to Rust still in progress](https://x.com/poteto/status/2056865079543681329), latest [PR](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/36173)
• (15:54) - [Tanner Linsley is "projecting" React](https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react) (it's definitely not a fork)
• (21:38) - [Tests are the new moat](https://saewitz.com/tests-are-the-new-moat)
• (23:32) - [Brooks Lybrand thoughts on React + community after React Miami](https://brookslybrand.com/posts/react-miami-2026.html)
• (25:04) - [TanStack is exploring how to expose Server Components](https://tanstack.com/blog/react-server-components)
• (27:19) - [Who Owns the Tree](https://tanstack.com/blog/who-owns-the-tree)
• (27:31) - [RSCs in TanStack](https://frontendmasters.com/blog/react-server-components-in-tanstack/)
• (28:12) - [Remix v3 beta preview](https://remix.run/blog/remix-3-beta-preview)
• (28:35) - Both Remix and TanStack are exploring "what if no React"?
• (36:11) - [TSRX](https://tsrx.dev/), a variant on JSX
• (41:52) - Security! Everything is compromised
• (42:04) - [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)
• (46:58) - [TanStack followup with followup hardening](https://tanstack.com/blog/incident-followup)
• (47:10) - [Nx monorepo tool compromised](https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem) as a result
• (52:02) - React2Shell recaps from [Lachlan Davidson](https://lachlan.nz/blog/the-react2shell-story/) and [Sylvie](https://sylvie.fyi/posts/react2shell/)
• (52:25) - [Next 16.2.5 and more React CVEs](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.2.5)
• (53:19) - [NPM adds “staged packages”](https://docs.npmjs.com/staged-publishing) and [E18E adds guidance](https://e18e.dev/docs/publishing.html#staged-packages)
• (54:50) - [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)
• (57:59) - [Review your GH Actions, people!](https://github.com/e18e/ecosystem-issues/issues/266)
• (59:13) - 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/)
• (01:08:39) - Outro

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• (00:00) - This Month in React April
• (00:26) - Introductions
• (02:36) - What convinced you AI code tools were worth using?
• (04:24) - Using early ChatGPT for DB migrations
• (06:59) - Watching AI use a command-line
• (08:16) - Background chat agents
• (08:58) - Staying very hands-on while using AI tools
• (11:00) - Driving AI closely without reading its code
• (17:50) - Mark's workflow; OpenCode with CodeNomad UI, plus IDE+git UI. Opus 4.6 on API
• (20:39) - Swizec's workflow, latest Cursor on Opus
• (23:58) - Carl's workflow, mostly ClaudeCode but looking at custom orchestrators
• (25:23) - Exploring fully autonomous agents
• (28:08) - Mark's AI debugging work in React core
• (31:42) - Value of providing more context
• (33:58) - AI-owned documentation
• (37:09) - Using good engineering practices still matters?
• (40:47) - How do you know the right code to make?
• (42:49) - Good communication still matters
• (45:13) - What will "review" look like in the future?
• (46:17) - Automating functionality tests with deployment practices
• (51:49) - What behaviors belong to the agent, and what fundamentally can't be part of the agent?
• (56:17) - Impacts of LLMs on software engineering?
• (01:03:22) - A superpower right now is a domain expert who can kind of code

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• (00:00) - This Month in React February 2026
• (01:46) - New releases
• (01:50) - [TS 6.0 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/)/! (last TS impl release; stricter defaults)
• (02:34) - [Yarn 6 preview](https://yarn6.netlify.app/blog/2026-01-28-yarn-6-preview/) (rewritten in Rust)
• (02:52) - [Electrobun](https://blackboard.sh/electrobun/docs/) (Tauri alternative)
• (03:31) - [React Native Gesture Handler v3](https://blog.swmansion.com/introducing-gesture-handler-3-0-hook-based-api-deeper-reanimated-integration-more-9185b0c8e305)
• (04:20) - [Next polyfills improved WebStreams and upstreaming to Node](https://vercel.com/blog/we-ralph-wiggumed-webstreams-to-make-them-10x-faster)
• (05:25) - [Webpack 2026 roadmap](https://webpack.js.org/blog/2026-04-02-roadmap-2026/)
• (05:53) - [Lodash maintenance roadmap](https://socket.dev/blog/inside-lodash-security-reset)
• (07:07) - [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)
• (07:54) - [npmx.dev](https://npmx.dev/) (alternate NPM site UI)
• (08:43) - [eslint-plugin-react-render-types](https://github.com/HorusGoul/eslint-plugin-react-render-types) (typed children)
• (09:54) - Main Content
• (09:55) - React Core updates:
• (09:56) - [React Foundation officially launched](https://react.dev/blog/2026/02/24/the-react-foundation)
• (12:28) - 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)
• (14:23) - [React Native 0.84 released](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2026/02/11/react-native-0.84)
• (17:47) - [Hermes WASM support](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2023821160241393839) , [Hermes Node compat CLI](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2024609186936660170)
• (18:43) - “State of…” survey results
• (18:43) - [State of JS 2025 results](https://2025.stateofjs.com/en-US)
• (19:06) - [State of React 2025 results](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US)
• (19:51) - [Aurora Scharff’s conclusion](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/conclusion/)
• (20:44) - [Josh Comeau’s takes on the results](https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3mf642css6227)
• (21:28) - [API pain points](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/features/#main_apis_pain_points)
• (21:53) - [State of React Native 2025](https://results.2025.stateofreactnative.com/en-US/)
• (24:29) - [How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week](https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/)
• (29:52) - CloudFlare v Vercel beef
• (35:42) - Carl Vitullo monologs about AI Agents
• (42:27) - AI productivity and impacts on our attention
• (44:42) - ["wrote a spec, pointed Claude at an Asana board, and went home"](https://x.com/rvivek/status/2026385957596111044)
• (47:26) - [Bits AI SRE | Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/product/ai/bits-ai-sre/)
• (51:04) - [ThoughtWorks opines on AI productivity impacts](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/14/thoughtworks/)
• (01:00:28) - ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
• (01:00:37) - [“Wall Street Raider” game modernization](https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.html) (and uses Preact)
• (01:01:16) - [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/)
• (01:02:08) - [Josh Comeau: Sprite animations](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/sprites/)
• (01:02:26) - [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))
• (01:03:38) - Conferences ([React](https://react.dev/community/conferences), [Javascript](https://confs.tech/javascript))

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