TMiR 2025-08: Nx compromised; no more throwing promises; Remix-ing new component models

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TMiR 2025-08: Nx compromised; no more throwing promises; Remix-ing new component models

This Month in React

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2 months ago

TMiR 2025-08: Nx compromised; no more throwing promises; Remix-ing new component models

New releases
- TS 5.9
  - TS 6.0 may make `strict` and change other defaults
- React Native 0.81
- Next 15.5
- Preact 11 beta
  - Hydration 2.0
- Bun 1.2.21
  - Native YAML support. Definitely not going to cause any problems
- Tanstack DB beta
- Ghost v6
Main Content
- React API changes / updates
  - React deprecating the “throw a promise” Suspense trigger method
    - Discussion between Dan, Dominik, and Ricky about how to support multiple React versions (if at all)
  - Joe Savona: “no useContext in useMemo, the compiler addresses this”
  - Github discussion with Joe about why no context selectors API or signals, research into data modeling, and why “concurrent stores” are the current focus area
    - PR for “concurrent stores” skeleton
    - Third-party `react-concurrent-store` ponyfill package
  - Devtools Suspense Timeline
- Lee Robinsons’s “Reflections on the React Community” wrap-up post
- Remix doing its own component model??
  - Remix 3 and the End of React-Centric Architectures
- Popular nx packages compromised on npm
  - Last month eslint-plugin-prettier maintainers were targeted, this is a much broader attack
⚡ Lightning round ⚡
Conferences (React, Javascript)
- React Universe Conf Sept 2-4, 2025. Wrocław, Poland
- WaysConf Sept 16-17
- CascadiaJS Sept 18-19 Seattle, WA, USA
- https://squiggleconf.com/ Sep 18
- React Alicante Oct 2-4
- React Conf is back, Oct 7-8 Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Remix Jam, Oct 10, Toronto ON, CA

(00:00) - This Month in React - August 2025
(00:47) - New releases
(00:51) - [TS 5.9](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-5-9/)
(02:50) - [TS 6.0 may enable /`strict/` by default](https://bsky.app/profile/robpalmer.bsky.social/post/3lxar2cp5rs2p) and [change other defaults](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues?q=milestone%3A%22TypeScript%206.0.0%22)
(03:46) - [React Native 0.81](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2025/08/12/react-native-0.81)
(05:40) - [Next 15.5](https://nextjs.org/blog/next-15-5)
(07:10) - [Preact 11 beta](https://github.com/preactjs/preact/releases/tag/11.0.0-beta.0)
(07:39) - [Hydration 2.0](https://github.com/preactjs/preact/issues/4442)
(07:52) - [Bun 1.2.21](https://bun.com/blog/release-notes/bun-v1.2.21)
(08:54) - Native YAML support. Definitely not going to [cause any problems](https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell)
(10:21) - [Tanstack DB beta](https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-db-0.1-the-embedded-client-database-for-tanstack-query)
(11:30) - [Ghost v6](https://ghost.org/changelog/6/)
(13:09) - Main Content
(13:13) - React API changes / updates
(13:24) - [React deprecating the “throw a promise” Suspense trigger method](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/34032)
(16:20) - Discussion between Dan, Dominik, and Ricky about [how to support multiple React versions (if at all)](https://bsky.app/profile/tkdodo.eu/post/3lv4rhr4mrs2i)
(17:43) - Github discussion with Joe about [why no context selectors API or signals, research into data modeling, and why “concurrent stores” are the current focus area](https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs/pull/119#issuecomment-3214971470)
(21:25) - [PR for “concurrent stores” skeleton](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/33215)
(23:13) - [Third-party /`react-concurrent-store/` ponyfill package](https://github.com/thejustinwalsh/react-concurrent-store)
(26:39) - Lee Robinsons’s [“Reflections on the React Community”](https://leerob.com/reflections) wrap-up post
(31:18) - [Remix doing its own component model??](https://x.com/mjackson/status/1954975322157486408)
(36:46) - [Remix 3 and the End of React-Centric Architectures](https://thenewstack.io/remix-3-and-the-end-of-react-centric-architectures/)
(37:21) - [P...