A Million.js to one

June 14, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Million.js: A Performance-Focused VDOM Replacement for React — Starting life two years ago as a small, library-agnostic virtual DOM implementation, Million has recently presented itself as a performance enhancement for React: “Imagine React components running at the speed of raw JavaScript.” You don’t get this without some compromises though, but their quick start docs show off what the integration process is like.

Aiden Bai

Fireship’s snappily-titled ▶️ High-school student makes React a million times faster gives a high-level introduction to Million.js in under three minutes. For something deeper, Behind the Block explains how Million’s key functionality works.

Why Do Client Components Get ‘SSRed’ to HTML? — A quick illustration of the extra layer you can add to your mental model of how React works when you introduce server components. To avoid confusion, think of the concepts of “React Server” and “React Client”, rather than the more easily confusable “server” and “client”.

Dan Abramov

Finish Your Projects — Planetscale’s Aaron Francis discusses the challenges and importance of finishing projects, focusing on embracing the grind of the last 10% of a project and overcoming the fear of releasing it.

Aaron Francis

🛠 Code and Tools

Find React Jobs with Hired — Hired makes job hunting easy-instead of chasing recruiters, companies approach you with salary details up front. Create a free profile now.

Hired

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