Podcast Episode Details

TMiR 2025-07: Vercel shakeups, new React Compiler docs

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Season 2 Episode 7

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• New Releases
  • RN Reanimated v4
  • RN Ignite toolkit v11
• Main Content
  • Compiler docs are merged! (live docs, and config API)
    • Expo docs say it’s “on hold”, but Evan Bacon says Expo 54 may enable the Compiler by default
    • Oh no — more function directives , “use memo” and “use no memo”
    • DIRECTIVES
    • Good thread on some history
    • Some tech discussion on the complexities of making React Compiler work with Oxlint
    • Directive prologues and JavaScript dark matter
  • Node API Support for React Native
  • Vercel shaking things up
    • Leerob is at Cursor now — Five Things [he] Learned at Vercel
    • SWC creator leaves, focusing on SWC for a while
    • Sam Selikoff just joined to do content and stuff
    • Nuxt acquired
    • Netlify Staff Eng Philippe Serhal replies to the Vercel Deployment Adapters RFC from April
  • Ryan Carniato’s “react and signals”
  • React Native Unistyles 3.0 Released
  • React Router and RSCs: The Path Forward
  • Parcel writeup for Server Components
  • WIP Vite RSC plugin support
• ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
  • Corbin’s “History of React Through Code” deep dive
  • TkDodo’s thoughts on when useCallback is useless
  • eslint-config-prettier compromised as part of an NPM supply chain attack
  • Expo Router demo by Evan Bacon AI + RSCs + Expo Router
  • Some tech details on how Meta serves React pages
  • Nitro Image library for React Native
  • A very hacky way to test RSC components
  • Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago