React Goes Independent: Inside the New React Foundation

13/10/2025 41 min Episodio 117
React Goes Independent: Inside the New React Foundation

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It’s been a big week for React devs as the annual React Conf just wrapped up in Las Vegas. The biggest news? React and React Native are moving out from under Meta to a new React Foundation with an independent technical governance structure. The React Foundation’s mission will be to support the React community and ecosystem, and a board of directors will steer it going forward.Also in time for React Conf, React 19.2 dropped, and it brings new features like partial pre-rendering, a new useEffectEvent hook, and an <Activity/> component that lets devs prioritize rendering  tomaintain state and make navigation faster.Not to be outdone, Cloudflare announced a new RPC protocol called Cap’n Web, which is a pure TypeScript implementation. What makes Cap’n Web unique is that it supports bi-directional calling, promise pipelining, and lets users design RPC interfaces that look like regular JavaScript APIs.Chapter Markers:03:18 - React Foundation07:10 - React Compiler 1.0 and React 19.217:13 - Cap’n Web24:19 - Opera Neon27:16 - The EU is considering cookie law changes31:43 - The Internet Archive hits 1 trillion pages33:33 - What’s making us happyLinks:Paige - Cap’n Web pure TypeScript RPC systemJack - Introducing the React FoundationTJ - React 19.2European policymakers may be fixing the cookie banner headache they createdOpera wants you to pay $20 per month for its new AI browserCelebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - The Terminal List: Dark Wolf TV seriesJack - Fender Acoustasonic guitarTJ - Portable stadium seat additionThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast