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.

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Hi everyone, Konrad and Szymon from Software Mansion here.

This week, the React team documented its reorganization into working groups. The docs got a new section on what actually activates a Suspense boundary. A few thoughtful posts weighed React against lighter alternatives like HTMX and SolidJS.

On the React Native side, two RFCs caught our eye: media queries in StyleSheet and ViewTransition support, plus a Nitro Modules rewrite of Rive that's up to 94x faster.

Also worth your time: the newest version of npm blocks install scripts by default!

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

Things are relatively calm on the React side this week, but it's still worth highlighting Base UI becoming the default headless lib in shadcn, and Vinext getting close to production-ready.

On the mobile side, React Native 0.87 went full Marie Kondo. We also have a nice preview of React Navigation 8 and the relentless stream of AI tooling updates.

TypeScript 7.0 is out, and it's 10x faster. Ecma has officially approved ES2026, and HTTP is finally getting its long-awaited QUERY method.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week, the Next.js 16.3 preview makes the headlines, while the React Compiler remains a hot topic.

On the React Native side, Expo unexpectedly shipped a new SDK.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week, we're shining a spotlight on the upcoming React Fragment ref feature. We also have React Compiler updates, StyleX community discussions and a boring React Router release.

On the React Native side, Renimated gets CSS pseudo-selector support and widget libraries gain momentum. VisionCamera unlocks new real-time processing capabilities with impressive demos.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week, the React Compiler in Rust is rolling out, and early adopters have already reported significant speedups.

React Native 0.86 finally came out with edge-to-edge fixes in core. It’s retro-compatible, and Expo SDK 56 should be able to upgrade.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week, we’re taking a look at the new React Foundation website, as the React core repositories transition to their new home. All eyes on the React Compiler in Rust, coming soon in your everyday toolchain.

React Native 0.86 is almost here, but releases apparently like to land on Wednesday evenings 😅 so we’ll cover it next week. Let’s focus on React Native Runtimes instead, a quite interesting multi-threading innovation.

Cloudflare has acquired VoidZero, and npm v12 will officially block postinstall scripts by default in July, improving our supply chain security.

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Hi everyone, Kacper and Filip from Software Mansion here.

This week, TanStack Start is once again in the spotlight. The React Compiler in Rust is on its way. React Router and Remix shipped important security patches – update immediately. There's also a fresh batch of releases from TanStack Form, XState Store, shadcn, React Aria, and more.

On the React Native side, this week was dominated by App.js Conf 2026 in Kraków. Gesture Handler 3.0, Swift Package Manager support for React Native, and Legend List 3.0 were among the highlights, alongside Expo announcements like EAS Observe.

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Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week we have great deep dive blog posts about data fetching (TanStack vs Next.js) and performance (GitHub and Linear).

On the React Native side, Expo dropped a major SDK with Expo UI stable. Reanimated leverages the shared animation backend and improves CSS animations on iOS.

Supply chain security remains an important topic. npm introduced staged publishing workflows, and will block postinstall scripts by default in the near future.

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