React

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React is here to stay. It solves problems you may not even know existed. These essays are the good stuff I learned over the years.

React articles

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October 2025

React, HTMX, and TanStack/Start

More and more UI frameworks are ditching JSON as the transfer protocol and going back to server-rendered markup injected into your app

September 2025

You may be looking for a useSyncExternalStore

When you see a `useEffect` that updates a `useState` and returns a value, you might be looking for a `useSyncExternalStore`. This is my current vendetta.

January 2025

Server-side React that renders as png, pdf, or interactive webapp

What if your React code could render as a PNG, PDF, static HTML, or fully interactive webapp just by changing the URL? I got a working demo! 😁