#476 — May 29, 2026 |
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Pairing TanStack Router with TanStack Query — Dominik continues his series on TanStack Router, this time pairing it with TanStack Query. The router cache is per-route while Query’s is global, making Query a better fit for data shared across routes. He covers wiring the Dominik Dorfmeister |
💡 If you don't use it yet, The Beauty of TanStack Router might win you over. |
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As React Turns 13, 'Does Anybody Actually Like React?' — First released on May 29, 2013, React is only just entering its teenage era, but complaints about React’s omnipresence have been a trope for years and David Bushell has been keeping receipts! David Bushell |
🗣️ This item kicked off an extensive discussion on Hacker News. |
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IN BRIEF:
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React at 60 FPS — A slide deck packed with tips for squeezing performance out of React when animating data, without reaching for an animation library — instead leaning on Canvas, Rachel Kaufman |
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▶ Is TanStack Start's Deferred Hydration Revolutionary? — Jack examines TanStack Start’s deferred hydration, a new feature that delays hydrating below-the-fold components until they’re needed, noting it’s syntactic sugar over capabilities React already had, though he reckons it’s worth it. Jack Herrington |
💡 TanStack's own docs also offer a full guide to deferred hydration. |
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📄 Why I Walked Back from Next.js and RSC to a Plain SPA and Separate Backend Zul Ikram Musaddik Rayat 📄 TanStack Start Authentication: A Developer's Guide for 2026 Maria Paktiti (WorkOS) 📄 Building a Predictive Text Input in React Matt Huggins |
🛠 Code, Tools & Libraries |
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React Data Table: Responsive, Dynamic Table Component — Simple and clean, but flexible. Includes features like column sorting and pagination out of the box. Lots of demos and code examples. This week’s v8.3 release focuses on localization. GitHub repo. John Betancur |
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pip-it-up: Pop Any Component Into a Floating PiP Window — A way to pop any UI component into a floating ‘picture-in-picture’ window. Here are some live examples. Saurabh Shakya |
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Spoiled 0.5: A Realistic 'Spoiler' Component for React — Displays a cloud of particles over content that should stay obscured until revealed. The homepage is a live demo. GitHub repo. Alexey Taktarov |
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