Jan Jaworski

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

TanStack Start 1.0 is finally stable, a client-first alternative to server-first React frameworks.

On mobile, Expo will maintain React Native Web, under the React Foundation. Tamagui v3 and One v2 are out. React Native 0.88 is at RC5, so it should land very soon!

Deno is joining Cloudflare. JPEG XL lands in Chrome and Firefox. TypeScript is getting ported to Rust, twice.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

Wow, 300 issues already! Time flies, and thanks for reading along 🙏

It's a big week, with major releases from the Next.js and TanStack teams. We also put the spotlight on recent React Foundation activity.

On mobile, Skia 3.0 is out! Shopify and Coinbase both recently announced moving away from React Native, a trend worth watching. Callstack officially launched an AI model specialized in React Native.

There are other exciting releases to dig into, including e2e, Effect v4, and Remix v3.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week we have 2 major releases in the React ecosystem: Panda CSS v2 and Vinext v1.

On the mobile side, RN is getting support for variable font and Android Activity Result. Lynx v4 is out. Lucent is a new way to write native modules.

I’m particularly excited about the TC39 meeting happening right now. Many proposals progressed, including my favorite one: Composites moved to stage 2!

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week is rather quiet on the web side. Astro's React integration keeps ramping up. Redux is working on significant performance improvements for large apps.

On mobile, we still have a steady flow of interesting releases. Reanimated enabled its new layout engine by default. Shopify presented Helix, its internal tool to move away from RN. Xcode project format is finally moving to JSON!

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

Following the React v19.3 release, DevTools v8 is now officially published. Motion shipped a ViewTransition wrapper. React Router optimized re-renders. Apollo Client finally has custom scalars.

On mobile, we have a lot of releases. RN 0.88 will use React v19.3. Shopify is moving away from React Native!

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

We could feel it was coming, and here it is, delaying just in time for the newsletter! 😇

React 19.3 is finally out, with View Transitions and Fragment Refs stable! And it looks like updated DevTools are also coming soon.

We also got a sneak peek of React Native 0.88 and Expo Modules 2.0.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

Back from our summer break, we’ll cover news from the last two weeks.

React v19.3 is getting closer. The React Compiler in Rust is now available in Vite and Bun. CSS-in-JS is set to make a comeback.

On the mobile side, React Native keeps refining its public API surface, an important step toward v1.0. Callstack acquired Margelo.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here!

Back after a little break to cover news from the last two weeks. A lot is going on, apparently not everyone is on holiday because we still have many interesting releases, including many RCs from upcoming major versions.

The native React Compiler rollout continues. React v19.3 seems around the corner. Plenty of TanStack Router/Start and Next.js content.

React Native 0.87 is now out, paving the way for v1.0.

🏝️ We’ll be taking another break next week. See you in September. 👋

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week we have an interesting React challenger, keeping its mental model but compiled ahead of time. Also various major announcements from the TanStack side.

On the mobile side, we have interesting RN 0.87 PRs to look at, discussions around workers / worklets, a WebGPU/Skia integration, and React Navigation 8 / Screens 5 progress.

Last week, many proposals progressed during a TC39 meeting. npm is going to scan for malware at publish time. Core Web Vitals will now measure SPA soft navigation.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week we have React and Next.js security patches. React Aria becomes first-class in shadcn. A benchmark grades coding agents at real React tasks. The rise of TSRX and its upcoming framework.

On the mobile side, Swift Package Manager support is finally coming.

A TC39 meeting is in progress, we'll share the proposal updates next week. Oxlint type-aware linting is ready for prime-time. Meanwhile, Yuku explains how it outperforms Oxc at parsing JS.

Let's dive in!