TanStack, TanStack Start, and what’s coming next with Tanner Linsley [Repeat]

About this episode

Jack Herrington interviews Tanner Linsley about the evolution of TanStack and its future direction.

In this repeat episode, Jack Herrington sits down with Tanner Linsley to talk about the evolution of TanStack and where it’s headed next. They explore how early projects like React Query and React Table influenced the headless philosophy behind TanStack Router, why virtualized lists matter at scale, and what makes forms in React so challenging. Tanner breaks down TanStack Start and its client-first approach to SSR, routing, and data loading, and shares his perspective on React Server Components, modern authentication tradeoffs, and composable tooling. The episode wraps with a look at TanStack’s roadmap and what it takes to sustainably maintain open source at scale. We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey ! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com , or tweet at us at PodRocketPod . Check out our newsletter ! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form , and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Herrington

Guest: Tanner Linsley

Topics covered

• TanStack evolution
• React Query
• React Table
• headless philosophy
• TanStack Start
• React Server Components
• open source maintenance

Keywords

• TanStack
• React Query
• React Table
• SSR
• routing
• data loading
• virtualized lists
• open source

Sponsors

LogRocket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TanStack, React Query, React Table, TanStack Router, TanStack Start, PodRocket, LogRocket.com, The Replay Newsletter

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