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· 13 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

It’s a heavy security week, with patches from React and Next.js. Not React-related, but there's also a very bad “php2shell” vulnerability that has just been disclosed. Upgrade now!

On mobile, React Native 0.88 is out, switching to the web event model with no breaking changes. Expo SDK 58 ships with tons of features, ready for iOS 27 and iPhone Duo.

Outside React, TypeScript makes the headlines. v7.1 is in beta, with a new API to build devtools upon. A Rust port of the type checker is now backed by Cloudflare/VoidZero, and already faster than the official Go version.

Let's dive in!

· 11 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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.

Let's dive in!

· 11 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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.

Let's dive in!

· 11 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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!

Let's dive in!

· 11 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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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· 14 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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!

Let's dive in!

· 12 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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.

Let's dive in!

· 14 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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.

Let's dive in!

· 15 min read
Sébastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

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. 👋

· 11 min read
Jakub Kowalski
Software Engineer - Software Mansion
Katarzyna Podmokła
Software Engineer - Software Mansion

Hi everyone, Kasia and Kuba from Software Mansion here.

This week, Next.js 16.3 officially shipped, bringing Instant Navigations to the App Router and cutting dev server RAM usage by up to 90%.

On the React Native side, a new, faster PlainText component and a deep dive into Vision Camera v5.

Across the broader dev ecosystem, GitHub stacked PRs finally entered public preview with native base retargeting and a gh-stack CLI.

Let's dive in!

🏝️FYI: we’re taking a break next week; see you soon!