⚡️ The Latest In React 

📚️ React Compiler RC Launches
the React team just dropped the first Release Candidate (RC) of the React Compiler, bringing us closer to a stable launch. This tool auto-optimizes your app at build time through memoization magic. Experimental swc support will also be part of the release.

🆕 React Labs, New Experimental Features
The React team has introduced two experimental features: View Transitions and Activity, now available in react@experimental. These features are stable enough for testing, though the APIs may evolve. They also shared progress on tools like Performance Tracks, Fragment Refs, and the Compiler IDE Extension.

🖼️ In 2025, what’s the goto Reactjs UI library?
A Reddit thread this week asked the React community what their go-to UI libraries are in 2025. While MUI remains popular, many users noted a shift toward headless component libraries for flexibility. Names like Mantine, shadcn, and Chakra UI came up frequently as top choices. Here’s what devs are using in 2025.

🤔 React Native Isn't as Popular as You Think (9 minute watch)
A Reddit post from 2023 sparked discussion about Walmart and Skype using React Native, with claims ranging from inflated revenue attributions to contradictory developer comments. This Investigation reveals Walmart no longer uses React Native, despite being featured in Meta’s official showcase. The app now runs on SwiftUI and UIKit (iOS) and native Android code. This raises broader questions about the accuracy of React Native marketing and whether many showcase claims still reflect reality. (This video shows which ones don’t)

🦥 Faster Lazy Loading in React Router v7.5+
React Router v7.5 introduces a new, more granular lazy loading API for routes in Data Mode, aimed at improving performance and supporting the upcoming middleware API. This blog post looks at limitations in the previous lazy loading method, and how to implement faster lazy loading into your project.

📈 Build Real Apps with Advanced React Patterns

Stuck rewatching “advanced” courses that only scratch the surface?

Advanced Patterns React is built for developers who are done with theory and ready to ship production-grade software. Since launching last week, hundreds of devs have already joined, and here’s why:

✅ Built with React 19, TypeScript, tRPC, TanStack Router, and React Query
✅ Learn cache invalidation, optimistic updates, auth flows, routing & more
✅ Go beyond CRUD apps — build a real product from the ground up
✅ Designed for mid-level devs leveling up and juniors looking to rise fast

No fluff. No rehash. Just senior-level architecture and project-based learning.

• “I wish this existed earlier, it would’ve saved me so much time. If you’re serious about becoming great at React, take this course.” — Liam

📈 Pattern-First. Project-Based. Proven.
Join hundreds of devs who’ve already made the leap.

👉 Go beyond the basics, and into the career you want.

🧠 AI & General Programming

🌀 We Interviewed 100 Eng Teams and discovered The Problem With Modern Engineering
Earthly's team interviewed engineers across DevOps, CI/CD, and Platform roles to understand their real-world pain points. What started as a deep dive into how Earthfiles could scale turned into a broader realization: platform engineering is facing deeper systemic issues beyond just build speed, ones that are becoming impossible to ignore.

🥷 The Hidden Cost of AI Coding
While AI promises productivity gains and industry transformation, there's a quieter cost that's harder to articulate: the potential loss of the joy and craft of programming. For many developers, coding is more than a job, it's a passion, and that human element risks being overshadowed in the AI-driven future.

🏘️ How Airbnb Powers Personalization With 1M Events Per Second
Alex Xu from ByteByteGo breaks down how Airbnb built its User Signals Platform (USP) to enable real-time personalization across its massive app. The challenge? Non-linear user behavior, fragmented signals, and tight latency demands. USP solves this with a low-latency streaming architecture using Kafka, Flink, and a clean API that lets teams define behavior without needing to write code.

Quick Links

• Supabase raises $200 million Series D at $2 billion valuation.

• Impossible Components.

• Tailwind vs Linaria: Performance Investigation.

• A Guide to Bearer Tokens: JWT vs. Opaque Tokens.

• Tailwind’s @apply Feature is Better Than it Sounds.

What to Learn After React That Will Make You Hirable

In a video I posted a few months ago, I shared a roadmap of what to learn after React to make yourself more hirable. It covers the key skills and technologies you should focus on to maximize your chances of landing a job as a React developer.

Check it out below. 👇️