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• Job market
  • FRED data, Layoffs.fyi
• Sponsored by Infinite Red
• New releases
  • React query 5.63
  • Docusaurus 3.7
  • React Native Audio API
• Main Content
  • CRA deprecation, React team against recommending Vite
    • Dan’s “why CRA exists, don’t use it, possible future options” comment from 2023
    • Dan: “turn CRA into a launcher” still on the table, but stuck
    • “CRA is broken and not deprecated” umbrella issue
      • Ricky merged the PRs, working on legacy docs SEO redirects
  • Revealed: React's experimental animations API - Motion Blog
    • Main PR
  • Static hermes update
  • React Native Hosting with EAS
  • Everything You Need to Know About Node.js Type Stripping
  • Composable Caching with Next.js
  • Thoughts on What RSC Means for SPAs
  • Chrome's 2024 recap for devs
    • Shoutout webstatus.dev
• ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
  • Redwood.js 😱
  • A checklist for your tsconfig.json
  • Recoil repo archived
  • Bun: first-class support for s3
  • Interpolate auto height for animations
  • Free javascript; Oracle not voluntarily releasing
  • Understanding React Server Components | Tony Alicea

• (00:00 ) - This Month In React - January 2025


• (01:29 ) - Job market: [FRED data](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE), [Layoffs.fyi](https://layoffs.fyi/)


• (03:09 ) - Sponsored by [Infinite Red](https://infinite.red)


• (04:17 ) - New Releases


• (04:26 ) - [React query 5.63](https://bsky.app/profile/tkdodo.eu/post/3lfaeteulds2i)


• (04:45 ) - [Docusaurus 3.7](https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.7)


• (05:17 ) - [React Native Audio API](https://blog.swmansion.com/hello-react-native-audio-api-bb0f10347211)


• (07:30 ) - [CRA deprecation, React team against recommending Vite](https://bsky.app/profile/acemarke.dev/post/3lggg6pk7g22o)


• (09:28 ) - [Dan’s “why CRA exists, don’t use it, possible future options” comment from 2023](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-1409720741)


• (37:46 ) - [Revealed: React's experimental animations API - Motion Blog](https://motion.dev/blog/


• (37:59 ) - [Main PR](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/31975)


• (40:17 ) - [Static hermes update](https://x.com/tmikov/status/1869945330638442651)


• (42:38 ) - [React Native Hosting with EAS](https://expo.dev/blog/expo-announces-eas-hosting-service)


• (44:44 ) - [Everything You Need to Know About Node.js Type Stripping](https://satanacchio.hashnode.dev/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nodejs-type-stripping)


• (47:57 ) - [Composable Caching with Next.js](https://nextjs.org/blog/composable-caching)


• (51:56 ) - [Thoughts on What RSC Means for SPAs](https://blog.axlight.com/posts/thoughts-on-what-rsc-means-for-spas/)


• (52:44 ) - [Chrome's 2024 recap for devs](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-2024-recap)


• (53:39 ) - Shoutout [webstatus.dev](https://webstatus.dev/)


• (54:26 ) - Redwood.js shutting down?


• (55:59 ) - [A checklist for your `tsconfig.json`](https://2ality.com/2025/01/tsconfig-json.html)


• (56:30 ) - [Recoil repo archived](https://x.com/dai_shi/status/1875910305802514649)


• (57:47 ) - [Bun: first-class support for s3](https://bsky.app/profile/bun.sh/post/3legdozw3nc2p)


• (58:48 ) - [Interpolate `auto` height for animations](https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3lf5zwg2ths22)


• (59:47 ) - [Free javascript; Oracle not voluntarily releasing](https://bsky.app/profile/deno.land/post/3lfapjn7gns2w)


• (01:00:31 ) - [Understanding React Server Components | Tony Alicea](https://tonyalicea.dev/blog/understanding-react-server-components/)


• (01:02:13 ) - [Follow us on Bluesky!](https://bsky.app/profile/tmir.reactiflux.com)