📨 #287: Fragment ref, React Compiler, StyleX, React Router, cnfast, Base UI, Remotion, React Aria | Reanimated, Widgets, VisionCamera, Test Renderer, Worklets, Legend List, Metro, Boost | Vite, Astro, TypeScript, Nub, Security
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.
Let's dive in!
📨 #286: React Compiler, StyleX, TSRX, WordPress, TanStack, Remotion, Hydrogen | RN 0.86, Enriched, Gesture Handler, Crypto, Morph View, Compressor, Data Detector, Hermes | Package Maps, Babel, Biome, Zod Compiler, pnpm, Playwright
📨 #285: React.foundation, Rust Compiler, Sätteri, Motion, TanStack Table, React Router, Flow, NavLink | Runtimes, JSI, Standard Navigation, Testing Library, Static Hermes, BottomTabs, AGP, AI, Windows | VoidZero, npm, Rolldown, Angular
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.
Let's dive in!
📨 #284: TanStack Start, Compiler, React Router, Forms, TypeGPU, React Aria, shadcn, XState | App.js, Gesture Handler, SPM, Expo, Runtimes, Legend List, Desktop | npm, Node.js, Astro
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.
Let's go!
📨 #283: TanStack, RSC, Liquid DOM, Performance, i18n, docs, Apollo, shadcn | Expo, Reanimated, worklets, NativeScript, Standard Navigation, Strict DOM, Lynx, Apex, ExecuTorch | TC39, npm, pnpm, Node.js, Deno, Firefox
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.
Let's dive in!
📨 #282: Security, Fate, TanStack, Redux, Jotai, Base UI, Relay, Storybook | Hermes-node, Expo, Rozenite, Harness, VR, Nitro, Skia, Redraw | TC39, Bun, pnpm, npm, Yarn, Node, Webpack
Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!
It looks like security is going to be a hot topic this year! 😅
More packages are being compromised, and blog posts are also covering recent RSC vulnerabilities.
Maybe we’re reaching a tipping point, and better security practices will consolidate this year.
On the React Native side, Hermes-node is quite exciting, although it’s very early.
An exciting TC39 meeting is currently underway, and several proposals have already progressed.
Yarn and npm are improving on the security side.
Bun and pnpm are being ported to Rust.
Let's dive in!
📨 #281: Next.js, TanStack, Security, Redact, React Router, Waku, HTML React Parser | Redraw, Expo, Tabs, Screens, Pressable, Activity, Strict DOM, Rock, SWC, Argent Rozenite | TC39, Rolldown, Node, Jest, Bun, npm, Playwright
Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!
This week, security is making headlines, as two major React frameworks have announced vulnerabilities and compromised npm packages!
William Candillon unveiled his secret project: a new set of 2D primitives for React Native and the web.
It’s also an exciting week full of interesting releases all around the JS ecosystem!
Let's dive in!
📨 #280: TanStack, Remotion, React Router, Remix, Trees, Pracht, shadcn | Expo Go, Ease, Screen Transitions, LegendList, JSI, Gradle, Radon, Baguette, Rozenite, AI | Node.js, Datatype, tsz, Astro
Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!
It’s another quiet week in React, but there’s still plenty of interesting links to check out about the TanStack and powerful new Remotion capabilities.
React Native had a busier week, with a diverse mix of releases, great articles, and ecosystem updates.
Let's dive in!
📨 #279: Compiler, TSRX, StyleX, XState, Hook Form, TanStack, shadcn, Chakra, Inertia, Mantine | SPM, SimCam, Enriched Markdown, Agent Device, Navigation SDK, JSI, Paste Input, Crypto, MLX, Jail Monkey | pnpm, Aube, Fresh, Node.js
Hi everyone, Konrad and Kacper from Software Mansion here! 👋
A quiet week — no big headlines — but still a couple of solid articles and releases in the React ecosystem.
On the React side, the WIP React Compiler in Rust is being tested at Meta. We also have a 18-month retrospective on the React Compiler, a deep dive into how React streams UI, and a step-by-step guide for migrating from Radix UI to Base UI. There's also a fresh batch of releases, including React Hook Form, Chakra UI, Mantine 9.1, and TanStack Query.
On the React Native front, an RFC has landed proposing Swift Package Manager support to replace CocoaPods, and React Navigation v8 will gain a retain API to keep screens mounted after going back. Don't miss the blog on making pure JSI code faster.
Let's dive in!




