TMiR 2026-05: Who even is on the Core team anymore, TanStack got pwn'd bad

About this episode

The episode discusses the current status of the React Core team, recent developments in TanStack, and various new releases in the React ecosystem.

Transcript and URLs ★ Support this podcast ★ Reply on Bluesky (00:00) - Interview (00:55) - Some podcast meta (01:49) - New Releases (01:51) - [TS v7 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-beta/) (05:15) - [Rolldown 1.0](https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-rolldown-1-0) (06:51) - [Fate 1.0](https://fate.technology/posts/fate-1.0) (09:48) - Main Content (09:56) - React Core (10:09) - React team status after Meta layoffs? (14:59) - [React Compiler port to Rust still in progress](https://x.com/poteto/status/2056865079543681329), latest [PR](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/36173) (15:54) - [Tanner Linsley is "projecting" React](https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react) (it's definitely not a fork) (21:38) - [Tests are the new moat](https://saewitz.com/tests-are-the-new-moat) (23:32) - [Brooks Lybrand thoughts on React + community after React Miami](https://brookslybrand.com/posts/react-miami-2026.html) (25:04) - [TanStack is exploring how to expose Server Components](https://tanstack.com/blog/react-server-components) (27:19) - [Who Owns the Tree](https://tanstack.com/blog/who-owns-the-tree) (27:31) - [RSCs in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Erikson, Mo Khazali, Carl Vitullo

Topics covered

• React Core team
• Meta layoffs
• TanStack developments
• New releases
• React community
• Server Components

Keywords

• React
• TanStack
• Meta layoffs
• Server Components
• new releases
• React Miami
• TSRX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: React, Meta, TanStack, Microsoft, Fate, Remix, Facebook, Frontend Masters, Void Zero, Saewitz

Products: TSRX

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