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149: Rise of the React Foundation

TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus, Jack Herrington Episode 149

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React officially leaves the Meta building to live under the new React Foundation (and the React Compiler gets rewritten in Rust), Apple's WWDC unveils a stacked Safari 27 beta, and Chrome DevTools 149 levels up its AI features. A jam-packed week in front-end news.

Timestamps

 0:00 - Intro
 1:27 - React is now officially owned by the React Foundation
 3:07 - React Compiler is now in Rust
 5:56 - Safari 27 beta
 12:12 - DevTools 149 updates
 23:46 - State of CSS survey 2026
 27:54 - Fire Starter
 32:15 - What's Making Us Happy 

News

Lightning News

Fire Starter

What's Making Us Happy

  • Paige: Blocks of focus time
  • Jack: AI is saving money and time — Burn Baby Burn
  • TJ: Sports

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