RIP Styled-Components. Now What?

Styled-components are officially in maintenance mode. React’s API changes and the rise of tools like Tailwind CSS and Vanilla Extract have made it obsolete. If you’re still holding on, this post has a list of alternatives to help you move on. - https://fadamakis.com/rip-styled-components-now-what-a8717df86e86

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Figma MCP vs Claude: A UI Building Battle

Jack has a basic app view built in Figma and wants to turn it into working React code. What works best? Taking a screenshot and getting Claude Code to attempt to implement it, or use Figma’s own MCP server to do the work? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGp5kTPWaqY

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Introducing Zustand for State Management

The ‘barebones’ state management solution Zustand is now mature, popular, and battle-tested, but if you’ve been waiting for a comprehensive introduction, this is for you. - https://frontendmasters.com/blog/introducing-zustand/

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React Router and React Server Components: The Path Forward

Find out what’s coming up for you if you’re a React Router user keen to work with React Server Components: “the implications are greater than you might expect.” - https://remix.run/blog/react-router-and-react-server-components

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TanStack DB: The Embedded Client Database for TanStack Query

TanStack DB is an embedded client‑side database that uses differential dataflow to power live, relational queries, sub‑ms incremental updates, and seamless optimistic writes. This post does a good job of selling the idea, and the first beta version (v0.1) is available to experiment with now. - https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-db-0.1-the-embedded-client-database-for-tanstack-query

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The Useless useCallback

A look at why useCallback and useMemo can feel like pointless busywork, how just one non‑memoized prop can undo your entire caching strategy, and why new tools like useEffectEvent and React Compiler could put an end to the headaches. - https://tkdodo.eu/blog/the-useless-use-callback

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How Parcel Bundles React Server Components

Parcel added React Server Components support a few months ago but here’s a deeper look at how this support actually works, what directives like "use client" actually do, etc. - https://devongovett.me/blog/parcel-rsc.html

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Remix 3 and the End of React-Centric Architectures - https://thenewstack.io/remix-3-and-the-end-of-react-centric-architectures/

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Instrumenting Next.js with Runtime Secret Injection - https://phase.dev/blog/instrumenting-nextjs-with-runtime-secret-injection/

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18 Advanced React Techniques Every Senior Dev Needs to Know

As React applications grow more complex, the patterns that were “just fine” when you were starting out might start to feel limiting. Maybe you’ve built a successful MVP, but now you’re noticing subtle performance issues. Or perhaps your state management has gotten tangled, and your data fetching logic has mushroomed into something unrecognisable. - https://readmedium.com/18-advanced-react-techniques-every-senior-dev-needs-to-know-13456ba2604c

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Unlocking Web Workers with React: A Step-by-Step Guide

Web Workers provide a way to run certain code in background threads, rather than blocking things on the main thread. This adds some complexity and isn’t always a best first step, but it’s worth knowing how it works. - https://www.rahuljuliato.com/posts/react-workers

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React Query Selectors, Supercharged

The latest in Dominik’s epic series of React Query articles. - https://tkdodo.eu/blog/react-query-selectors-supercharged

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How to Build An AI Assistant with LangGraph, Next.js, and Auth0 - https://auth0.com/blog/genai-tool-calling-build-agent-that-calls-calender-with-langgraph-nextjs/

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Reflections on the React Community

Lee, formerly of Vercel and widely recognized for his influence on Next.js and React, shares candid reflections on the React community, digging into the rise of React Server Components, the tension between commercial and non-commercial priorities, the toll of burnout, and a reminder that, above all, this is still a community of people. - https://leerob.com/reflections

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React Mock Interview: Three Devs Take on a Challenge

Three expert developers (Kent C Dodds, Piyush Agarwal, and Jack Herrington) all take on the same React development challenge to build a form complete with validation, much as if they were facing a job interview. If you’ve got the time to watch a 50 minute video, this is both fun and educational. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KkaaYl5rwA

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Server and Client Component Composition in Practice - https://aurorascharff.no/posts/server-client-component-composition-in-practice/

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React ChatBotify: React Library for Building Chatbot Systems

A platform and library for building modern chatbot tools for the Web. Supports React 16-19. It also has its own Discord community with a few hundred developers. - https://github.com/react-chatbotify/react-chatbotify

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Can We Use Local Storage Instead of Context/Redux/Zustand?

Sometimes the built-in localStorage browser API can be just enough. Nadia figures out when it makes sense and when it doesn’t. - https://www.developerway.com/posts/local-storage-instead-of-context

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Streamdown: A Drop-In react-markdown Replacement That Supports Streaming

react-markdown is great for rendering Markdown, but if you have to handle live-streaming content (such as in AI contexts), Vercel’s new project could offer the power you need - https://streamdown.ai/

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A 'Go to Source' Feature for TanStack Devtools

The original title ‘I blow your mind with TanStack Devtools in under 10 minutes’ might be a little intense, but 5 minutes in, Alem does show off a genuinely neat ‘go to source’ feature that works across any JSX flavor. Click on whatever component you want in the devtools and go straight to the code behind it. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-X501kgpg

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