Explore every episode of the podcast This Month in React
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TMiR 2025-08: Nx compromised; no more throwing promises; Remix-ing new component models
(02:50) - [TS 6.0 may enable /`strict/` by default](https://bsky.app/profile/robpalmer.bsky.social/post/3lxar2cp5rs2p) and [change other defaults](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues?q=milestone%3A%22TypeScript%206.0.0%22)
(13:24) - [React deprecating the “throw a promise” Suspense trigger method](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/34032)
(16:20) - Discussion between Dan, Dominik, and Ricky about [how to support multiple React versions (if at all)](https://bsky.app/profile/tkdodo.eu/post/3lv4rhr4mrs2i)
(17:43) - Github discussion with Joe about [why no context selectors API or signals, research into data modeling, and why “concurrent stores” are the current focus area](https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs/pull/119#issuecomment-3214971470)
(21:25) - [PR for “concurrent stores” skeleton](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/33215)
(10:21) - [Compiler docs are merged!](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/7868) ([live docs](https://react.dev/learn/react-compiler/introduction), and [config API](https://react.dev/reference/react-compiler/configuration))
(11:42) - [Expo docs](https://docs.expo.dev/guides/react-compiler/) say it’s “on hold”, but Evan Bacon says [Expo 54 may enable the Compiler by default](https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/1949714155482841094)
(12:45) - Oh no — [more function directives](https://react.dev/learn/react-compiler/incremental-adoption) , “use memo” and “use no memo”
(01:54) - [New Architecture is here](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2024/10/23/the-new-architecture-is-here)
(05:18) - [BlueSky](https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/releases/tag/1.92.0-na-rc.2) and [Expensify](https://blog.swmansion.com/sunrising-new-architecture-in-the-new-expensify-app-729d237a02f5)
(10:26) - State of HTML https://2023.stateofhtml.com/
(11:03) - "Use the platform"
(14:18) - Birth and Death of Javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript
(14:44) - State of React https://2023.stateofreact.com/en-US
(15:12) - Component Libraries
(16:53) - StyledComponents still big
(17:48) - State of JS https://2023.stateofjs.com/en-US
(17:53) - A Note on Survey Sample
(22:02) - Vue Tops Angular for usage
(23:10) - Developer Happiness
(36:49) - Dark Matter Developers https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-unseen-99
(37:59) - NYT and Slack update to React 18 (Enzyme to blame) https://open.nytimes.com/enhancing-the-new-york-times-web-performance-with-react-18-d6f91a7c5af8 https://slack.engineering/balancing-old-tricks-with-new-feats-ai-powered-conversion-from-enzyme-to-react-testing-library-at-slack/
(39:10) - Rise Tools launched ...
TMiR 2024-06: React 19 delayed (drama-ish), why no JS Laravel, TS 5.5 and more
(26:02) - How React 18 Improves Application Performance
(35:01) - TC39 updates, ES2023
(41:35) - ⚡️ CommonJS Dueling Articles
(42:28) - ⚡️ React Query: At the top, or inline?
(43:34) - ⚡️ MDX Editor
(48:11) - Solito v4, shared abstractions between web and native
Office Hours – States of Burnout with Jenny Truong
17 Jul 2023
00:50:45
Jenny Truong is head of operations and developer relations at Stately, and recently gave a talk titled “The Unexpected States of Burnout” at React Miami, which you can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcN8grYAEuQ.
It’s easy to accidentally transition from being productive to burning out. We tend to think in the moment in life - I’m happy, I’m excited, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm burnt out. We sometimes fail to think about the transitions between the states — how did I become tired, burnt out, and how do I transition to a better state?
Drawing on Jenny’s experience working at a highly-productive startup, join us as Carl Vitullo talks with her about how burnout can manifest, how it can impact our lives in unexpected ways, and how we can manage the energy we give work to thrive without burning out.
Office Hours – Professional Communication with Elizabeth Woolf
06 Jun 2023
01:07:02
Developing software requires a lot of communication with other developers, with other teams and divisions, with managers or less experienced developers. Carl Vitullo is joined by Elizabeth Woolf to talk about feedback, team conflicts, salary negotiation, and more.
Elizabeth has worked at the intersection of tech and communication for years, getting her start in 2016 helping professors and students prepare talks and presentations. She’s just launched a new coaching business, Woolf Communication, in January after seeing a gap between what was expected of engineers in the workplace and what training is made available to them.
(03:17) - TODO aside: The Story of React, uidotdev on YouTube
(03:49) - Immer v10
(08:41) - NextJS 13.3
(15:09) - New React documentation translation
(18:00) - TypeScript 5.1
(21:08) - MillionJS, one-function React perf wins
(23:51) - React Server Components
(30:06) - Recommending uncontrolled components
(35:33) - Super Apps in React Native
(40:03) - ⚡️ Core team layoffs
(40:47) - ⚡️ React Miami
(41:21) - ⚡️ react-three offscreen
(42:04) - ⚡️ Lingui v4.0
(43:14) - ⚡️ Redux Toolkit 2.0 alpha
(45:13) - ⚡️ Netlify framework popularity
(47:09) - ⚡️ PartyKit
Community Spotlight – React Miami with Michelle Bakels
12 Apr 2023
00:40:38
Michelle Bakels is co-organizer of React Miami and Program Director of Developer Health at G2i, a hiring platform for Javascript and React developers with deep ties to Reactiflux! We talked about the upcoming conference, how speakers are selected, and how developer health was core to the conference. Learn more at https://www.reactmiami.com, and if you buy a ticket, use our discount code REACTIFLUX10.
Join Carl Vitullo, Mark Erikson, and Matt Pocock as we break down This Month in React. A lot of news this month, with a major progress update from the React core team, TypeScript 5.0, and TC39 meeting news. We'll break down what's new in an hour-long conversation. (Sebastien Lorber is on vacation this week, and Matt Pocock of totaltypescript.com is graciously filling in!)
(10:09) - Create React App no longer officially recommended
(12:16) - React encouraging server capabilities
(15:27) - Three TypeScript 5 highlights
(16:30) - TS5 performance improvements
(19:41) - TS5 decorators
(23:58) - TS5 const annotations
(26:52) - TC39 proposal advancements
(30:46) - React labs update
(31:28) - React Forget
(38:39) - Offscreen rendering
(41:58) - Server Components
(47:03) - Asset Loading and Transition Tracing
Office Hours – Rewrites, with Sunil Pai and Mark Erikson
23 Mar 2023
00:51:31
Rewrites! Everyone wants to do one, but the software industry is littered with examples of failed rewrites. Our host Carl Vitullo is joined by Mark Erikson and Sunil Pai to talk shop about what they’ve looked like in our careers, and how to help make sure they’ll be successful.
Sunil Pai has loomed large in the React ecosystem for years, working on the core team, and he’s now building https://partykit.io. Mark Erikson needs no introduction! He’s maintained Redux and Redux Toolkit for years, is currently building http://replay.io, and has been a fixture of the Reactiflux community since the early days.
Join us and we’ll help you avoid the worst of the many footguns when rewriting software.
[00:10:51] Mark's experience, government project timelines
[00:12:59] Replay, Mark's current work
[00:19:29] Rewrites on small teams
[00:20:11] Suspense rewrite at Facebook
[00:24:51] Tooling support to make rewrites work
[00:28:56] Zero cost feedback loops, revisited
[00:35:27] Automation as a way to enable communication
[00:36:32] How to evaluate a possible rewrite
[00:40:09] Smell tests for justifications
[00:44:45] Joel's Spolksy's cultural impact on rewrites
[00:46:23] Readability as a justification for rewriting
[00:50:15] Software lifespan
(00:00) - Introductions
(01:11) - First rewrite
(02:52) - Some web dev history
(03:54) - Mark's refactor experience
(06:36) - Zero cost feedback loops
(07:26) - Sunil's two largest rewrites
(10:51) - Mark's experience, government project timelines
(12:59) - Replay, Mark's current work
(19:29) - Rewrites on small teams
(20:11) - Suspense rewrite at Facebook
(24:51) - Tooling support to make rewrites work
(28:56) - Zero cost feedback loops, revisited
(35:27) - Automation as a way to enable communication
(36:32) - How to evaluate a possible rewrite
(40:09) - Smell tests for justifications
(44:45) - Joel's Spolksy's cultural impact on rewrites
(46:23) - Readability as a justification for rewriting
(50:15) - Software lifespan
Office Hours – Becoming a leader with Ankita Kulkarni
14 Mar 2023
00:47:52
Ankita Kulkarni is an engineer manager and educator with more than 10 years of experience as a software engineer, now teaching developers about the transition into management.
When Ankita became a manager, she had to find mentors to help her learn the subtle intricacies of being a successful manager. Now, she’s taking what she learned and teaching developers about what that transition looks like, and how to decide if that’s how you’d like to further your career.
[00:00:17] Being laid off as a bittersweet opportunity
[00:01:32] Building databases at IBM and doing freelance web dev on the side
[00:03:31] New appreciation for coworkers after freelancing
[00:06:56] Getting her first management opportunity
[00:08:15] Leadership vs management
[00:11:28] Intrinsic motivation and finding a team that supports your goals
[00:14:03] Developer to Leader program
[00:15:50] How do you recognize a good leader?
[00:17:42] Teams as a group of individuals
[00:20:33] Psychological safety in software teams
[00:23:01] Having empathy as a leader
[00:27:25] Serving those you lead
[00:29:06] Spotting burnout as a leader
[00:30:27] Setting the tone on a team
[00:32:27] Proactively setting team norms
[00:34:49] Prioritizing your own growth as a leader
[00:36:42] The value of informal chats
[00:39:48] Soft skills in your career
[00:40:50] How to get a taste of the management track
(00:00) - Recording
(00:17) - Being laid off as a bittersweet opportunity
(01:32) - Building databases at IBM and doing freelance web dev on the side
(03:31) - New appreciation for coworkers after freelancing
(06:56) - Getting her first management opportunity
(08:15) - Leadership vs management
(11:28) - Intrinsic motivation and finding a team that supports your goals
(14:03) - Developer to Leader program
(15:50) - How do you recognize a good leader?
(17:42) - Teams as a group of individuals
(20:33) - Psychological safety in software teams
(23:01) - Having empathy as a leader
(27:25) - Serving those you lead
(29:06) - Spotting burnout as a leader
(30:27) - Setting the tone on a team
(32:27) - Proactively setting team norms
(34:49) - Prioritizing your own growth as a leader
(36:42) - The value of informal chats
(39:48) - Soft skills in your career
(40:50) - How to get a taste of the management track
Behind the React Documentary
24 Feb 2023
00:37:39
A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more.
We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary.
Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06]
Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50]
Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15]
Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49]
Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04]
About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44]
Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24]
Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10]
Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15]
Ida's documentary process [00:16:58]
Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20]
Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]
(00:00) - Main recording
(01:06) - Ida on being a 1-person production team
(01:50) - Christopher Chedeau as a driving force
(04:15) - Why Honeypot makes these documentaries
(05:49) - Getting trapped in a park while filming
(07:04) - Jordan Walke's participation
(08:44) - About the focus on the early days of React
(10:24) - Deciding where to focus your attention
(14:10) - Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager
(15:15) - Making Prettier pretty through data
(16:58) - Ida's documentary process
(21:20) - Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux
(26:15) - Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment
Community Spotlight – Joy of React, with Josh Comeau
14 Feb 2023
00:52:13
Josh Comeau is an indie hacker, educator, and long-time member of the React community. He has a brilliant way of intuitively explaining complex subjects, and we're excited to talk with him about content creation, his experiences being an independent educator, and his new course, Joy of React. We talked about his career, job hopping, content creation, RSI injuries, replacing "best practices" with "happy practices", and more!
Personal projects, open source, and networking [:18:46]
Ideation for blog posts [00:24:12]
Writing for advanced audiences [00:27:32]
Other creators and the power of interactive explanation [00:31:15]
Going before you think you're ready [00:36:19]
Ignoring imposter syndrome [00:39:01]
"Best practices" vs "Happy practices" [00:41:16]
Taking breaks, not unit testing [00:43:34]
How do you work in public? [00:45:50]
AI's impact on web development [00:49:45]
(00:00) - Introductions
(01:35) - Early career
(04:12) - Mid-career
(07:52) - RSI Injury
(09:40) - A finite number of keystrokes in us
(12:16) - An expectation of being able to code
(13:25) - Job hopping
(16:09) - Unconventional job hunting tips
(18:46) - Personal projects, open source, and networking
(24:12) - Ideation for blog posts
(27:32) - Writing for advanced audiences
(31:15) - Other creators and the power of interactive explanation
(36:19) - Going before you think you're ready
(39:01) - Ignoring imposter syndrome
(41:16) - "Best practices" vs "Happy practices"
(43:34) - Taking breaks, not unit testing
(45:50) - How do you work in public?
(49:45) - AI's impact on web development
Office Hours – Entrepreneurship, fear of failure, investing, tRPC, and Qwik with Tejas Kumar
02 Feb 2023
00:46:08
Tejas has worked in developer relations for years at companies like Vercel, Spotify, Xata, and G2i, and is now an independent educator and content creator. He's a mentor, keynote speaker, and angel investor, and we're exited to talk tech! He's super interested in edge computing, Qwik, and React.
He and Carl talked about why he's starting a company, not letting fear of failure stop you from trying, investing, and about keeping the focus in devrel on relationships.
Why are you starting a company [00:00:35]
DevRel and community are immeasurable [00:03:30]
Extractive relationships in DevRel and community [05:58]
Swag and broken trust [00:06:50]
Transactional relationships [00:09:07]
Fear about trying something new [00:11:28]
Trying something new; an exercise in empathy [00:17:13]
Carl's past failed company [00:18:25]
New web technologies you're excited for [00:21:34]
Zod and tRPC, type safety on network calls [00:22:27]
Chronological Snobbery and jQuery [00:24:18]
React as a middle aged man [00:26:02]
React compared with Qwik's design goals [00:28:27]
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:35) - Why are you starting a company
(03:30) - DevRel and community are immeasurable
(05:58) - Extractive relationships in DevRel and community
(06:50) - Swag and broken trust
(09:07) - Transactional relationships
(11:28) - Fear about trying something new
(17:13) - Trying something new; an exercise in empathy
(18:25) - Carl's past failed company
(21:34) - New web technologies you're excited for
(22:27) - Zod and tRPC, type safety on network calls
(24:18) - Chronological Snobbery and jQuery
(26:02) - React as a middle aged man
(28:27) - React compared with Qwik's design goalsc
Office Hours with Wix: Tom Raviv, Omer Kenet, & Peter Shershov
26 Jan 2023
00:46:00
Our host vcarl is joined by 3 employees of Wix to talk about the evolution of web development, developer tools, and open source:
Omer Kenet, Head of Product for Codux
Peter Shershov, Engineering Team Lead
Tom Raviv, Head of Developer Relations and Team Lead for Stylable.io
Wix has been making web development more accessible since 2006, and they're currently celebrating the release of their new project Codux, a visual IDE for React. We're excited to talk about the history of our industry and what we can learn from the golden age of frontend development.
Matt Pocock is an independent educator building totaltypescript.com. Previously, he has been an employee of Vercel and Stately, and was a member of the XState core team. MapleLeaf is one of our resident TS experts and longtime server MVPs. Through our conversation, we discussed how Matt got active in open source, why he's drawn to "the weird parts" of web development, and why working as a voice coach set him up for success after transitioning to software engineering.
Retsam19 and MapleLeaf are long-time Reactiflux MVPs who have spent countless hours helping out others in the community. Event MC'd by Carl Vitullo, and hosted on Reactiflux.
MapleLeaf and Retsam19 are two of our resident TS experts and longtime server MVPs. Both are active in the open source community as highly skilled engineers, and Retsam19 moderates the official TypeScript Discord server. Through our conversation, we discussed how we got our starts in software development and our first jobs, the value we've gotten from the online communities we're a part of (and how tools like ChatGPT might affect that in the future!), the evolution of the JS ecosystem with Bun and Deno, and more.
If you found this valuable, one way you can help support Reactiflux is through buying one of the books we recommend! Most of these links have affiliate trackers, so we receive a portion of each sale.
Office Hours with Mark Erikson and Lenz Weber-Tronic
Mark (@acemarke) has been primary maintainer of Redux for 6 years and led development of Redux Toolkit, which was a major step forward in usability for the ecosystem. He's approaching the end of his first year in a new role at Replay.io, a time-traveling browser debugger. Before that, he spent the majority of his career — over 13 years — at 1 company!
Lenz (@phryneas) has been a software developer for 20 years, and has worked with Mark as a maintainer of Redux and Redux Toolkit since 2019. He contributed much of the TypeScript expertise that made RTK possible, and is the brains behind RTK Query. He's in the middle of changing jobs right now, from a consultancy in Berlin to Apollo, a well-known open source company.
We talk about maintaining an open source library (and the challenges of providing correct TypeScript types!), what a job search is like later in your career, and more. Some links referenced through the discussion:
If you found this valuable, one way you can help support Reactiflux is through buying one of the books we recommend! Most of these links have affiliate trackers, so we receive a portion of each sale.
TMiR 2025-03: Next had an auth vulnerability, TypeScript is porting to Golang
(07:30) - [CRA deprecation, React team against recommending Vite](https://bsky.app/profile/acemarke.dev/post/3lggg6pk7g22o)
(09:28) - [Dan’s “why CRA exists, don’t use it, possible future options” comment from 2023](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-1409720741)
(37:46) - [Revealed: React's experimental animations API - Motion Blog](https://motion.dev/blog/
(42:38) - [React Native Hosting with EAS](https://expo.dev/blog/expo-announces-eas-hosting-service)
(44:44) - [Everything You Need to Know About Node.js Type Stripping](https://satanacchio.hashnode.dev/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nodejs-type-stripping)
(47:57) - [Composable Caching with Next.js](https://nextjs.org/blog/composable-caching)
(51:56) - [Thoughts on What RSC Means for SPAs](https://blog.axlight.com/posts/thoughts-on-what-rsc-means-for-spas/)
(52:44) - [Chrome's 2024 recap for devs](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-2024-recap)
(07:57) - React 19 compatibility in [react-redux](https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux/releases/tag/v9.2.0) and [Redux Toolkit](https://github.com/reduxjs/redux-toolkit/releases/tag/v2.5.0)
(10:37) - Main Content
(10:39) - [React 19](https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v19.0.0) is finally out ([blog post](https://react.dev/blog/2024/12/05/react-19))
(11:16) - [Upgrade guide from April](https://19.react.dev/blog/2024/04/25/react-19-upgrade-guide)
(11:31) - Removed things
(17:07) - New things
(28:42) - [Ref Callbacks, React 19, and the Compiler](https://tkdodo.eu/blog/ref-callbacks-react-19-and-the-compiler)
(37:00) - [React 19 and React Native](https://react.dev/blog/2024/12/05/react-19) [PR](https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/issues/842#issuecomment-2527591610)
(38:58) - [Expo experimental support](Expo has experimental support)
(45:02) - [React Native demo for Android XR](https://x.com/o_kwasniewski/status/1868645896239690009)
(45:43) - [If Not React, Then What?](https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/)
(52:29) - [Aiden Bai “render-shaming” sites](https://x.com/aidenybai/status/1862529226727121366) while [working on React Scan](https://react-scan.com/)
(05:39) - [Angular beat React to v19](https://blog.angular.dev/meet-angular-v19-7b29dfd05b84)
(05:57) - Conferences
(06:06) - [React Day Berlin](https://reactday.berlin/)
(06:38) - Sponsored by [Infinite Red](https://infinite.red)
(07:39) - React 19 RC1
(08:17) - [Tech writeup of a solution to the sibling rendering issue](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/29898#issuecomment-2477449973) that delayed React 19’s release