⚡️ The Latest In React 

🗃️ Picking a state management library for a React app used by millions
Photoroom, an image editor with millions of users, faced performance challenges as their web app team grew. Frequent re-renders and bloated useEffect dependencies led them to rethink state management. This article details their migration from useContext with Constate to MobX, the transition process, and why the team is thrilled with the results.

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🤔 Moving on from React, a Year Later
Yes, this one may be a little controversial in a React newsletter, but React isn’t always the best solution for every web app. This blog post explores how Scholarly moved away from React, the reasons behind the shift, and the benefits they’ve gained.

📉 Stack Overflows Steep Decline
StackOverflow is struggling, with fewer questions being asked now than at any point since May 2009, just 10 months after launch. Some eye-opening stats: since ChatGPT's debut in Nov 2022, questions have dropped by 76.5%—82,997 fewer, or 3.25x less. This decline hints that StackOverflow might have less than a year left.

📜 Computer Science Papers Every Developer Should Read
Modern software engineering owes much to high-impact research papers, from algorithms driving apps to databases storing data. While these papers do sometimes seem daunting, they hold valuable insights that can reshape your development approach. This article covers why reading them is essential, how to get started, and top recommendations in the field.

Quick Links

• React-Admin is a great repo for building single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material Design.

• Next Icons – A Stylish Icon Library for React and Next.js

• Storybook 8.5 is here with real-time accessibility tests, project code coverage, faster focused tests, React Native Web Vite support, a testing bootcamp, and hundreds of other updates.

• Dr. Axel Rauschmayer's latest blog dives into TypeScript enums, exploring how they work, their use cases, and alternative approaches for when you want to avoid them.

• Why Server Functions Matter In A Server Component World.

• It’s always a good idea to keep an eye on Vanilla Javascript, here are 5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need To Know About in 2025.

Failed a Technical Interview Because of This Code

In this video, I will be reviewing some code that reportedly caused someone to fail a React technical interview. Together, we’ll analyze the code, decide if the verdict was fair, and you will hopefully pick up a few valuable lessons about React along the way.

Check it out below. 👇️