👋 Hi, I'm Alem Tuzlak

TanStack maintainer · Open-source addict · Educator · YouTuber

I build developer tools for React Router, Remix, and the TanStack ecosystem.
If you care about DX, performance, and doing things the right way — you’re in the right place.

📺 YouTube · 🧰 Forge 42 OSS · 💼 LinkedIn · ✉️ Contact

🚀 What I Do

• 🧠 Maintainer @ TanStack
  Working on @tanstack/ai and @tanstack/devtools

• 🛠 Creator of OSS tooling
  Mostly focused on React Router v7, Remix, DX tooling, and modern build setups

• 🎓 Educator & content creator
  I teach real-world React Router, Remix, and OSS architecture — not toy examples

• 🌍 Based in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Shipping global open-source from a place people underestimate 😉

📺 YouTube (Highly Practical Dev Content)

I publish hands-on videos about:

• React Router & Remix (v7 / framework mode)
• TanStack ecosystem
• Open-source architecture & DX tooling
• Automation, build pipelines, and real OSS lessons

👉 Subscribe here:
https://www.youtube.com/@alemtuzlak

🎬 Latest YouTube Videos

🧩 Flagship Open-Source Projects

If you work with React Router, you’ve probably seen or used one of these:

Project ⚙️	Description 📝	Role 🧑‍🏭	Stars ⭐
@tanstack/ai	Type-safe, framework-agnostic AI tooling for modern web apps.	Co-creator & lead maintainer
@tanstack/devtools	Developer tools powering the TanStack ecosystem.	Creator & lead maintainer
react-router-devtools	Debug React Router applications like never before.	Creator & maintainer
remix-hook-form	Typed react-hook-form integration for React Router apps.	Creator & maintainer
remix-toast	Server-side toast notifications for React Router v7.	Creator & maintainer
remix-client-cache	Client-side caching utilities for modern React Router apps.	Creator & maintainer
vite-plugin-icons-spritesheet	Vite plugin for type-safe SVG icon spritesheets.	Creator & maintainer
base-stack	Opinionated React Router v7 starter, done the right way.	Creator & maintainer
open-source-stack	Production-ready template for building modern open-source software.	Creator & maintainer
storyblok-generator	Automated type-safe Storyblok component pipeline for Vite.	Creator & maintainer
remix-forge	VS Code extension for efficient Remix development.	Creator & maintainer
@forge42/seo-tools	SEO utilities for modern React Router v7 applications.	Creator & maintainer

👉 More projects:

• https://github.com/AlemTuzlak
• https://github.com/forge42dev

📝 Recent Writing

I write about open-source, engineering mindset, and real production lessons:

• 💯 How a not so "rubber" duck changed my life
• 🚀 Death and open-source
• 🔥 Migrating a v1 CJS Remix project to Remix Vite (ESM)
• 🔥 Stripe Integration for Remix
• 💫 Typed server-safe DOM event listeners in Remix

🤝 Work With Me / Support OSS

• 💼 Consulting, audits, and architecture help
• 🎓 Workshops & training
• ❤️ Supporting open-source sustainability

If you learned something from my work, consider starring a repo or subscribing on YouTube — it helps more than you think.