React wants to win you back…

Fireship recaps React Conf 2025: compiler hits 1.0, Meta hands React to independent foundation, and Remix 3 ditches React entirely.

• Cloudflare had a major outage caused by a useEffect misuse that DDoS’d its own API — a canonical React footgun.
• React 19.2 adds useEffectEvent, letting values be read inside useEffect without triggering re-runs.
• New Activity component maintains hidden component state and deprioritizes work for off-screen elements.
• React Compiler 1.0 is stable — auto-optimizes memoization, making useMemo/useCallback largely unnecessary.
• After 15 years under Meta, React and React Native are moving to an independent foundation with new technical governance.
• Remix 3 is being rebuilt from scratch without React, embracing web fundamentals (closures, events) with TypeScript and JSX.
• Canary React adds ViewTransition component and fragment refs for platform API work.

2025-10-17 · Watch on YouTube