Podcast Episode Details

TMiR 2025-01: Movement on CRA, Redwood.js dead?

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Season 2 Episode 1

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• Job market
  • FRED data, Layoffs.fyi
• Sponsored by Infinite Red
• New releases
  • React query 5.63
  • Docusaurus 3.7
  • React Native Audio API
• Main Content
  • CRA deprecation, React team against recommending Vite
    • Dan’s “why CRA exists, don’t use it, possible future options” comment from 2023
    • Dan: “turn CRA into a launcher” still on the table, but stuck
    • “CRA is broken and not deprecated” umbrella issue
      • Ricky merged the PRs, working on legacy docs SEO redirects
  • Revealed: React's experimental animations API - Motion Blog
    • Main PR
  • Static hermes update
  • React Native Hosting with EAS
  • Everything You Need to Know About Node.js Type Stripping
  • Composable Caching with Next.js
  • Thoughts on What RSC Means for SPAs
  • Chrome's 2024 recap for devs
    • Shoutout webstatus.dev
• ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
  • Redwood.js 😱
  • A checklist for your tsconfig.json
  • Recoil repo archived
  • Bun: first-class support for s3
  • Interpolate auto height for animations
  • Free javascript; Oracle not voluntarily releasing
  • Understanding React Server Components | Tony Alicea

• (00:00) - This Month In React - January 2025
• (01:29) - Job market: [FRED data](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE), [Layoffs.fyi](https://layoffs.fyi/)
• (03:09) - Sponsored by [Infinite Red](https://infinite.red)
• (04:17) - New Releases
• (04:26) - [React query 5.63](https://bsky.app/profile/tkdodo.eu/post/3lfaeteulds2i)
• (04:45) - [Docusaurus 3.7](https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.7)
• (05:17) - [React Native Audio API](https://blog.swmansion.com/hello-react-native-audio-api-bb0f10347211)
• (07:30) - [CRA deprecation, React team against recommending Vite](https://bsky.app/profile/acemarke.dev/post/3lggg6pk7g22o)
• (09:28) - [Dan’s “why CRA

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