JSX Over The Wire — overreacted
overreacted16 Apr 2025
JSX Over The Wire April 16, 2025 Suppose you have an API route that returns some data as JSON: You also have a React component that needs that data: How do you get that data into that component?
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top 27%React for Two Computers — overreacted
overreacted9 Apr 2025
React for Two Computers April 9, 2025 I’ve been trying to write this post at least a dozen times.
The Two Reacts — overreacted
overreacted4 Jan 2024
The Two Reacts January 4, 2024 Suppose I want to display something on your screen. Whether I want to display a web page like this blog post, an interactive web app, or even a native app that you...
A Chain Reaction — overreacted
overreacted11 Dec 2023
A Chain Reaction December 11, 2023 I wrote a bit of JSX in my editor: Right now, this information only exists on my device.
npm audit: Broken by Design — overreacted
overreacted7 Jul 2021
npm audit: Broken by Design July 7, 2021 Security is important. Nobody wants to be the person advocating for less security. So nobody wants to say it. But somebody has to say it.
Before You memo() — overreacted
overreacted23 Feb 2021
Before You memo() February 23, 2021 There are many articles written about React performance optimizations.
Goodbye, Clean Code — overreacted
overreacted11 Jan 2020
Goodbye, Clean Code January 11, 2020 It was a late evening. My colleague has just checked in the code that they’ve been writing all week.
My Decade in Review — overreacted
overreacted1 Jan 2020
My Decade in Review January 1, 2020 I started this decade as a first-year college student fresh out of high school.
What Are the React Team Principles? — overreacted
overreacted25 Dec 2019
What Are the React Team Principles? December 25, 2019 During my time on the React team, I’ve been lucky to see how Jordan, Sebastian, Sophie and other tenured team members approach problems.
On let vs const — overreacted
overreacted22 Dec 2019
On let vs const December 22, 2019 My previous post included this paragraph: let vs const vs var: Usually you want let. If you want to forbid assignment to this variable, you can use const.
What Is JavaScript Made Of? — overreacted
overreacted20 Dec 2019
What Is JavaScript Made Of? December 20, 2019 During my first few years of using JavaScript, I felt like a fraud. Even though I could build websites with frameworks, something was missing.
How Does the Development Mode Work? — overreacted
overreacted4 Aug 2019
How Does the Development Mode Work? August 4, 2019 If your JavaScript codebase is even moderately complex, you probably have a way to bundle and run different code in development and production.
Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us — overreacted
overreacted21 Jul 2019
Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us July 21, 2019 Have you heard about algebraic effects? My first attempts to figure out what they are or why I should care about them were unsuccessful.
Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 3: Content — overreacted
overreacted10 Jul 2019
Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 3: Content July 10, 2019 I’ve done a few tech talks that I think went well. Sometimes people ask me how I prepare for a talk.
Name It, and They Will Come — overreacted
overreacted25 Mar 2019
Name It, and They Will Come March 25, 2019 You’ve discovered something new. You haven’t seen solutions quite like this before. You try to keep your ego in check and be skeptical.
Writing Resilient Components — overreacted
overreacted16 Mar 2019
Writing Resilient Components March 16, 2019 When people start learning React, they often ask for a style guide.
How Are Function Components Different from Classes? — overreacted
overreacted3 Mar 2019
How Are Function Components Different from Classes? March 3, 2019 How do React function components differ from React classes?
Coping with Feedback — overreacted
overreacted2 Mar 2019
Coping with Feedback March 2, 2019 The last few weeks have been very hectic. We’ve finally released a stable version of React Hooks and the first React website translations.
Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks — overreacted
overreacted4 Feb 2019
Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks February 4, 2019 If you played with React Hooks for more than a few hours, you probably ran into an intriguing problem: using setInterval just...
Why Isn’t X a Hook? — overreacted
overreacted26 Jan 2019
Why Isn’t X a Hook? January 26, 2019 Since the first alpha version of React Hooks was released, there is a question that keeps coming up in discussions: “Why isn’t <some other API> a Hook?” To...