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TMiR 2025-09: React 19.2 on the horizon; npm is still getting compromised

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  • (00:00) - This Month In React - September 2025 (SM)
  • (00:52) - New releases
  • (00:54) - [TanStack Start 1.0 RC!](https://tanstack.com/blog/announcing-tanstack-start-v1)
  • (01:13) - [`react-window` 2.0 rewrite](https://react-window.vercel.app/)
  • (01:44) - [Apollo Client 4.0](https://www.apollographql.com/blog/announcing-apollo-client-4-0)
  • (01:59) - [Redux Toolkit 2.9.0](https://github.com/reduxjs/redux-toolkit/releases/tag/v2.9.0)
  • (02:47) - Main Content
  • (02:52) - [React 19.2 coming soon?](https://bsky.app/profile/ricky.fm/post/3lzt6yvs6o22r)
  • (03:24) - [ in canary, with docs](https://react.dev/reference/react/Activity)
  • (07:18) - [last React Labs post mention](https://react.dev/blog/2025/04/23/react-labs-view-transitions-activity-and-more#activity)
  • (11:43) - [`useEffectEvent` in canary and has docs](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffectEvent)
  • (15:47) - [Compiler inferring function names](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/34410)
  • (16:08) - [Docs for `eslint-plugin-react-hooks`](https://react.dev/reference/eslint-plugin-react-hooks), including rules and compiler issues
  • (17:15) - [React Native 1.0 on the horizon](https://youtu.be/GPtopk4y2LI?si=JoZVprPW33szn-6D)
  • (22:02) - [“React Won by Default – And It's Killing Frontend Innovation”](https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/react-won-by-default/)
  • (22:18) - Inevitable [HN argument](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?shownew&id=45252715)
  • (27:54) - [Ricky on Ryan Carniato’s stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vw6EAmruEU) talking about scheduling and demoing using modern React features
  • (33:41) - Server Components
  • (33:44) - [React Router RSC framework mode preview](https://remix.run/blog/rsc-framework-mode-preview)
  • (34:36) - also [middleware is now stable](https://remix.run/blog/middleware)
  • (34:44) - Krasimir Tsonev’s [“Can I Use RSC Today?” support matrix](https://rsc.krasimirtsonev.com/) and experimental [Forket “RSC without a framework” build tool](https://krasimirtsonev.com/blog/article/vanilla-react-server-components-with-no-framework)
  • (35:43) - [RSBuild support for RSCs](https://bsky.app/profile/ebey.bsky.social/post/3lyf6vixick26)
  • (35:55) - Useful post on [parallel and recursive route rendering](https://twofoldframework.com/blog/parallel-and-recursive-route-rendering-with-rsc)
  • (36:35) - All the NPM compromises and malware this month
  • (39:47) - [npm package maintainer Qix](https://socket.dev/blog/npm-author-qix-compromised-in-major-supply-chain-attack)
  • (39:48) - [CrowdStrike npm Packages](https://socket.dev/blog/ongoing-supply-chain-attack-targets-crowdstrike-npm-packages)
  • (40:16) - [GitHub Actions npm Token Theft](https://socket.dev/blog/nx-supply-chain-attack-investigation-github-actions-workflow-exploit)
  • (41:01) - [GitHub response](https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/our-plan-for-a-more-secure-npm-supply-chain/)
  • (42:00) - ⚡ Lightning round ⚡
  • (42:03) - [Porting Modern TypeScript to Run on DOS](https://jimb.ly/2025/09/23/qauntumpulse-from-steam-to-floppy/)
  • (42:35) - [Cloudflare DDOSed themselves with a bad `useEffect` fetch](https://blog.cloudflare.com/deep-dive-into-cloudflares-sept-12-dashboard-and-api-outage/?amp%253But)
  • (43:11) - [A very lovely writeup of the evolution of css `zoom`](https://www.bocoup.com/blog/the-webs-most-tolerated-feature)
  • (43:56) - [What You Need to Know about Modern CSS](https://frontendmasters.com/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-modern-css-2025-edition/)
  • (45:21) - [Fetch streams are great, but not for measuring upload/download progress](https://jakearchibald.com/2025/fetch-streams-not-for-progress/)
  • (45:40) - [Why do browsers throttle JS timers?](https://nolanlawson.com/2025/08/31/why-do-browsers-throttle-javascript-timers/)
  • (46:01) - [“How Modern Browsers Work” deep dive, Addy Osmani](https://addyo.substack.com/p/how-modern-browsers-work)
  • (46:32) - [Biome: Stress-testing WIP `noFloatingPromises` lint rule](https://vercel.com/blog/stress-testing-biomes-nofloatingpromises-lint-rule)
  • (48:37) - [Bun: How `bun install` is so fast](https://bun.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-bun-install)
  • (49:23) - [Styled-Components fork for perf and React 19 compat](https://www.sanity.io/blog/cut-styled-components-into-pieces-this-is-our-last-resort)
  • (50:02) - [Vite SSR: Custom `getStaticProps`](https://www.patron.com/blog/post/vite-ssr-getstaticprops-replacement/)
  • (50:11) - [Dominic Gannaway’s new framework Ripple](https://github.com/trueadm/ripple)
  • (50:35) - [Remix v3: MJ hints “iframe-like async primitives”](https://x.com/mjackson/status/1971816432427298951)
  • (51:57) - [React Native RFC to remove Old Architecture](https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/pull/929)
  • (52:28) - [Cloudflare’s new “Cap’n Web” RPC; GraphQL alternative?](https://blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-javascript-rpc-library/)
  • (55:26) - [Expo UI: Building SwiftUI apps](https://docs.expo.dev/guides/expo-ui-swift-ui/)
  • (55:57) - [TanStack DB: An interactive guide](https://frontendatscale.com/blog/tanstack-db/)
  • (56:21) - [TS 6.0: may switch to `strict` options by default](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/62333)
  • (57:28) - [Shopify’s RN New Architecture migration](https://shopify.engineering/react-native-new-architecture)
  • (57:42) - [The Bloat of Edge-Case First Libraries](https://43081j.com/2025/09/bloat-of-edge-case-libraries)
  • (58:51) - Conferences ([React](https://react.dev/community/conferences), [Javascript](https://confs.tech/javascript))
  • (58:53) - [React Alicante](https://reactalicante.es/) Oct 2-4
  • (59:13) - [React Conf is back, Oct 7-8](https://bsky.app/profile/react.dev/post/3lmcp4mhmfk2l) Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • (59:29) - [Remix Jam](https://remix.run/jam/2025), Oct 10, Toronto ON, CA
  • (59:43) - [ViteConf](https://viteconf.amsterdam/) Oct 9-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • (59:52) - [JSConf North America](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/jsconf-north-america/) Oct 14-16 Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA
  • (01:00:03) - [JSConf Chile](https://jsconf.cl/) Oct 24-25 Santiago, Chile
  • (01:00:10) - [React Native London](https://www.reactnativelondon.co.uk/) Oct 30-31
  • (01:00:22) - [React India](https://www.reactindia.io/) Oct 31 Nov 1 Goa, India
  • (01:00:26) - [Wey Wey Web](https://www.weyweyweb.com/) Nov 17-18 Malaga, Spain
  • (01:00:39) - [React Summit](https://reactsummit.us/) Nov 18-21 New York, NY, USA
  • (01:00:48) - [React Advanced](https://reactadvanced.com/) Nov 28th, London UK
  • (01:01:08) - Outro
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