Inside Storybook’s On-Demand Compilation
Storybook's "on-demand compilation" actually names two distinct engineering layers that the marketing collapses into one phrase.
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The case against Formik for new React projects
By Mei Lin For a new React project in April 2026, the honest answer to should I still use Formik…
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Inside Vite’s Module Graph: How HMR Stays Fast in Large Codebases
Vite's Hot Module Replacement stays fast in large projects because it only walks as far up the import graph as…
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Apollo Client 3.12 Ships useSuspenseFragment and Changes keyArgs Default to Empty Array
As of: January 30, 2026 — apollographql/apollo-client 3.12.0 Apollo Client ships useSuspenseFragment as part of its React hooks surface, sitting…
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TanStack Router 1.120 Ships experimental_prefetchStaleTime to Cut 40% Waterfall
Event date: April 11, 2026 — TanStack/router 1.120.0 TanStack Router's preloading model has long exposed a gap between the freshness…
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EAS Build Metro OOM on pnpm Workspaces: Setting NODE_OPTIONS=–max-old-space-size in eas.json env
Contents Why Metro's heap blows up specifically on pnpm workspaces The exact eas.json change and what value to pick The…
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TanStack Query v5 Suspense Broke My Next.js App Router
Upgrading from @tanstack/react-query 4.36 to 5.28 in a Next.js 14 App Router project surfaces a failure mode that most migration…
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useTransition vs useDeferredValue: A Practical Decision Guide for React 18+
If you've read the React 18 release notes more than once you've probably noticed that useTransition and useDeferredValue appear to…
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How to Persist Zustand State with LocalStorage in React Apps
You’ve spent hours building the perfect complex form , a beautifully animated shopping cart, or a deeply nested user dashboard.
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Reanimated 3.16 Finally Fixed My Android Stutter
So there I was, staring at the Android Profiler at 11pm on a Tuesday. The iOS build of our app…
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