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React 19 useOptimistic: Instant UI Without Lying to the Server
How to wire useOptimistic with Actions so toggles and comments feel native, roll back on failure, and stay consistent when two mutations overlap.
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React
Articles tagged React on The Augmented Dev.
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Server Components vs. Client Components: A Mental Model That Sticks
The hardest part of React Server Components isn't the syntax — it's knowing which kind of component you're writing and why. Here is the mental model that makes the boundary obvious.
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Optimistic UI Updates: Making Apps Feel Instant Without Lying to Users
The like button that responds before the server confirms feels instant. The trick is updating the UI first and reconciling later — and handling the rollback so you never mislead the user.
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Debouncing and Throttling in React: Taming Expensive Event Handlers
A search box that fires a request on every keystroke, a scroll handler running 60 times a second — these are debounce and throttle problems. The concepts are simple; React makes them subtly tricky.
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Next.js 16 and React 19: What Actually Matters in 2026
A practical guide to the features that changed how we build React apps — Server Components, the new compiler, and the patterns that stuck.
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Building a Real-Time Dashboard with Next.js, Server-Sent Events, and Supabase
A step-by-step guide to building a live-updating dashboard using Next.js API routes, Server-Sent Events, and Supabase Realtime — with reconnection handling and smooth UI transitions.