TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives

About this episode

The episode discusses updates from React Conf 2025, including new releases and architectural changes in React and React Native, as well as a debate on Next.js directives.

Transcript and article links [ 00:00:00 ] Intro [ 00:00:46 ] New releases [ 00:00:49 ] Immer 10.2 [ 00:01:55 ] ArkType ArkRegex (typed regex) [ 00:02:41 ] Main Content [ 00:02:45 ] React Conf [ 00:02:50 ] Official ReactConf 2025 Recap [ 00:02:57 ] Introducing the React Foundation (also from Linux Foundation , Meta engineering , and Seth Webster ) [ 00:17:03 ] 19.2 (Activity, useEffectEvent) [ 00:17:27 ] React Native news [ 00:17:32 ] New architecture only from v0.82 [ 00:18:52 ] Vega OS announcement [ 00:19:04 ] Vega introduction at React Conf [ 00:22:36 ] Joe Savona’s “ Exploring React Performance ” talk [ 00:23:26 ] Ricky’s “ Async React Part I ” and “ Part II ” ( repo ) [ 00:27:12 ] Async React Working Group [ 00:27:35 ] First discussion of more docs ideas [ 00:28:27 ] Remix v3 announcement [ 00:29:03 ] Announcement demo timestamped breakdown [ 00:31:28 ] Updates syntax can be customized? [ 00:34:44 ] I built the same app 10 times ( code ) [ 00:37:57 ] Same author as React Won by Default and It’s Killing Innovation [ 00:43:33 ] Solito 5 [ 00:46:49 ] Next 16 and Directives debate [ 00:46:56 ] Next 16 released [ 00:49:41 ] Directives and the Platform Boundary [ 00:50:34 ]…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Erikson, Mo Khazali, Carl Vitullo

Topics covered

• React updates
• React Conf recap
• React Native architecture
• Next.js directives
• Async React
• Vega OS announcement

Keywords

• React 19.2
• React Foundation
• React Native
• Next.js
• Async React
• Vega OS
• Immer
• ArkType
• Remix
• Lodash

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: React Foundation, Linux Foundation, Meta, ViteConf, AWS

Products: Immer 10.2, ArkType ArkRegex, React Native, Vega OS, Remix v3, Next 16, Next App Router, Voltra, EAS, React Native Imgui

Books & works: Exploring React Performance, Async React Part I, Async React Part II

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