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Chris Laughlin

Web Platform Weekly

Episodes

  1. Sep 26

    Less Slop, More Speed: Performance, Boundaries, and the Agent‑Ready React Stack

    Welcome back to the show—where we care less about shipping more and more about shipping better. This week’s threads weave into a single story about speed with discipline: faster feedback loops, performance that respects the browser’s main thread, smarter boundaries in our build and data stacks, and a growing need to make our code legible not just to teammates—but to the AI agents increasingly reading and writing it.

    Less Slop, More Speed: Performance, Boundaries, and the Agent‑Ready React Stack

  2. Sep 26

    Lightweight apps, persistent browser data, safer builds, and the frameworks question

    A deep, practical tour through tiny desktop apps, database search and persistence in the browser, CI hardening, React and Next.js updates, agent-first linting, and the evolving role of frameworks.

    Lightweight apps, persistent browser data, safer builds, and the frameworks question

  3. Sep 26

    Rusty Runtimes, React RCs, and StyleX Momentum

    A deep, practical tour through Bun’s Rust rewrite, React 19.3 signals, Solid’s RC, StyleX migrations, Vite’s new Oxc compiler, TanStack Query simplification, Stryker mutation testing, RTL performance gains, CSS Custom Highlights, TermDOM, and a critical Next.js security release.

    Rusty Runtimes, React RCs, and StyleX Momentum

  4. Sep 26

    Rusty Runtimes, Remix Rewired, and Tools That Make React Faster

    A deep, practical tour of pnpm’s Rust rewrite, Remix 3 RC’s framework shift, htmx 4.0’s fresh model, Zod’s big performance leap, Next.js’s new chunking brain in Turbopack, React DevTools 8.0’s incoming changes, a real-world migration to TanStack Start, Vidact’s React-to-DOM compiler, the new Email Verification API, Uppy 6.0’s modular uploader, and a micro-sized Minesweeper that flexes pure JavaScript skill.

    Rusty Runtimes, Remix Rewired, and Tools That Make React Faster

  5. Sep 26

    View Transitions, Modern Web Types, Redux Signals, and the Shape of Native in 2026

    A thoughtful tour through React 19.3, Modern Web Types, async/await design ideas, StyleX, category-colors, Redux with signals, a Next.js security fix, React Native OTA diffs, Hermes secondary runtimes, Astro React 7.0 with Oxc, and Shopify’s case for going native.

    View Transitions, Modern Web Types, Redux Signals, and the Shape of Native in 2026

  6. Sep 26

    Agents, Tables, and Lightning Navigations: JS & React Weekly

    A deep, practical tour through migrations, agent-first browsers, performance wins, React 19.3 features, and real-world patterns shaping modern JavaScript and React.

    Agents, Tables, and Lightning Navigations: JS & React Weekly
  • 6 Episodes

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Web Platform Weekly

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  • Creator
    Chris Laughlin
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
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