React AMA

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Argues the web browser will evolve into an AI assistant client and websites become MCP servers, launches EpicAI Pro to teach that vision, and bets heavily on that change; recommends using React Compiler (RC release candidate) widely but warns compiler-only semantics can break portability; wants React Router support for React Server Components; testing advice: stop using JSDOM, prefer Vest and Playwright and run tests in real browsers; favors composition and compound components and cautions against constant dependency chasing.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:40How do you stay productive
3. 4:34Whats your most controversial tech opinion
4. 7:57Whats something you believed early in your career you now disagree with
5. 11:20Nerdiest thing youve done outside of coding
6. 13:03What React feature are you most excited about
7. 15:13What is your favorite React pattern
8. 16:44Progressive Web Apps
9. 19:38React Compiler
10. 22:50Frontend Unit Testing
11. 25:55LLMs
12. 29:20Nexjs
13. 30:40Tips for Newbie React Dev
14. 32:20React vs Angular
15. 33:45WebAssembly
16. 41:10Updating libraries
17. 41:55Architecture
18. 43:30Dependencies
19. 45:25Bun
20. 47:40Web3 and AI
21. 51:00Native apps

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