About this episode
Transcript and links(00:00) - This Month in React February 2026
(01:46) - New releases
(01:50) - [TS 6.0 beta](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/)/! (last TS impl release; stricter defaults)
(02:34) - [Yarn 6 preview](https://yarn6.netlify.app/blog/2026-01-28-yarn-6-preview/) (rewritten in Rust)
(02:52) - [Electrobun](https://blackboard.sh/electrobun/docs/) (Tauri alternative)
(03:31) - [React Native Gesture Handler v3](https://blog.swmansion.com/introducing-gesture-handler-3-0-hook-based-api-deeper-reanimated-integration-more-9185b0c8e305)
(04:20) - [Next polyfills improved WebStreams and upstreaming to Node](https://vercel.com/blog/we-ralph-wiggumed-webstreams-to-make-them-10x-faster)
(05:25) - [Webpack 2026 roadmap](https://webpack.js.org/blog/2026-04-02-roadmap-2026/)
(05:53) - [Lodash maintenance roadmap](https://socket.dev/blog/inside-lodash-security-reset)
(07:07) - [Gatsby React 19 support](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/release-notes/v5.16/) , [styled-components RSC support](https://styled-components.com/releases#styled-components@6.3.0)
(07:54) - [npmx.dev](https://npmx.dev/) (alternate NPM site UI)
(08:43) - [eslint-plugin-react-render-types](https://github.com/HorusGoul/eslint-plugin-react-render-types) (typed children)
(09:54) - Main Content
(09:55) - React Core updates:
(09:56) - [React Foundation officially launched](https://react.dev/blog/2026/02/24/the-react-foundation)
(12:28) - Docs updates: [/`useActionState/`](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8284) (merged), [/`use/`](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8305) and [RSC sandboxes](https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8300) (wip)
(14:23) - [React Native 0.84 released](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2026/02/11/react-native-0.84)
(17:47) - [Hermes WASM support](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2023821160241393839) , [Hermes Node compat CLI](https://x.com/tmikov/status/2024609186936660170)
(18:43) - “State of…” survey results
(18:43) - [State of JS 2025 results](https://2025.stateofjs.com/en-US)
(19:06) - [State of React 2025 results](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US)
(19:51) - [Aurora Scharff’s conclusion](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/conclusion/)
(20:44) - [Josh Comeau’s takes on the results](https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3mf642css6227)
(21:28) - [API pain points](https://2025.stateofreact.com/en-US/features/#main_apis_pain_points)
(21:53) - [State of React Native 2025](https://results.2025.stateofreactnative.com/en-US/)
(24:29) - [How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week](https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/)
(29:52) - CloudFlare v Vercel beef
(35:42) - Carl Vitullo monol