React Trends in 2025!

PAPAFAM Newsletter #171

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React Trends in 2025

Each year Robin does a post giving his opinion on what trends he sees arising over the next year. Last year, he put his money on Astro, RSCs, Vercel, and Biome – this year he points at React Server Components, shadcn/ui, TanStack Start, React Router, and more.

SSR Deep Dive for React Developers 

Explore step-by-step how Server-Side Rendering (SSR), pre-rendering, hydration, and Static Site Generation (SSG) work in React, their costs, performance impact, benefits, and trade-offs.

Typist 8.0: Tiptap-Based Rich Text Editor Component

Simple and opinionated. You can try several examples linked in the sidebar. Well suited for basic rich text situations like writing comments or messages and has a single-line mode. GitHub repo.

How much traffic can a pre-rendered Next.js site really handle?

If you’re hosting a Next.js site and expecting traffic spikes, this is a must-read. The author experimented with scaling Docker containers, upgrading to a dedicated server, and comparing pre-rendering to SSR. The results are surprising!

Combining React Query With Server Components 

Explains how to handle the server-client divide in Next.js and how to use React Query on the server for prefetching data.

Abusing RSC's Cache For Blog Footnotes

This is actually pretty clever hack! By mutating an object’s keys wrapped inside React’s cache function, you can assign indices and store footnote content.

Build a Receipt Tracker SaaS w/ Multiple AI Agents + More!

Watch my latest video & let's build a Receipt Tracker SaaS with multiple AI Agents, Next.js 15 (Inngest, Schematic, Stripe, Clerk, Convex, Tailwind, TS)

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Our Book Recommendation For You

Atomic Habits by James Clear

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results...Read More