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🗺️ A roadmap to learning React
This week we're digging into the React learning journey, smarter search param handling, and a deep dive into why RSC needs bundlers. Plus: AI pairing pitfalls, raw machine code, and a wild ride through aggressive inlining.

Hey guys,
Welcome to another edition of Import React by Cosden Solutions!
This week we're digging into the React learning journey, smarter search param handling, and a deep dive into why RSC needs bundlers. Plus: AI pairing pitfalls, raw machine code, and a wild ride through aggressive inlining.
P.S. Ever wonder how senior devs structure large apps? Advanced Patterns React breaks it down with clear, reusable design patterns that scale.
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⚡️ The Latest In React
🗺️ A roadmap to learning React by practice
Learning React can feel like drinking from a firehose, but it doesn’t have to. This guide lays out a clear, stage-by-stage path for picking up React, complete with practice projects that match your skill level. Whether you're just starting or building confidence, you'll know exactly what to tackle next.
📈 Build React apps like a senior dev
Tutorials show you what to do, this course teaches you how to think. Advanced Patterns React breaks down the design patterns behind scalable architecture, from data fetching to routing and auth. Learn the patterns top engineers rely on, and finally build apps that don’t fall apart as they grow.
🔎 Search Params Are State
Search params have long been awkward to manage, powerful in theory, but messy in practice. While newer tools focus on reading them more cleanly, few tackle the real challenge: writing them safely and in sync with routing. TanStack Router changes that by making search param logic first-class and route-aware from the start.
❓️Why Does RSC Integrate with a Bundler?
Ready to dive deep? This post unpacks React Server Components at the implementation level, where serialization meets module systems and code is sent alongside data. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how React bridges client and server as one cohesive program, straight from the internal guts of the React repo.
🗣️ Localize React apps without rewriting code
Lingo.dev Compiler lets you internationalize your React app without rewriting a single component. Just plug it in, run your build, and get fully localized bundles, like Spanish and French, automatically. It’s free, open source, and feels like magic.
➡️ Migrate from Next.js to TanStack Start
Thinking about moving from Next.js App Router to TanStack Start? This guide walks you through the migration process step-by-step, using a starter template to simplify the transition. It’s a practical, respectful take on shifting ecosystems, built to help you understand the essentials and tailor them to your own project.
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What does it really take to thrive as a software developer in the age of AI? This research-backed study dives deep into the real-world habits of 21 AI-augmented engineers, uncovering the skills, workflows, and challenges that define modern coding. The insights go beyond hype, offering a grounded roadmap for developers and educators looking to stay sharp, relevant, and resilient.
🤖 Why agents are bad pair programmers
Pairing with LLM agents might feel thrilling at first, like working with a superhuman coder, but that speed can quickly become a liability. Just like an overzealous human pair, they often race ahead, leaving you disengaged, confused, or stuck cleaning up a mess you didn’t ask for. This post explores why faster isn’t always better, and what to do about it.
🔢 Machine Code Isn't Scary
Curious about writing raw machine code but feeling shut down by overly technical gatekeeping? This article cuts through the noise with a friendly, approachable intro to what machine code actually is, starting with ARM64 and easing into x86-64. This guide is good at demystifying the fundamentals so you can stop being intimidated and start exploring.
😂 What happens if we inline everything?
What if we just… inlined everything? This playful deep dive explores what really happens when we throw caution (and compiler best practices) to the wind and chase pure runtime speed. Forget code size, compile times, and cache misses, for now.
Quick Links
Storybook 9 just released.
Modern Electron application starter kit with React, Vite, TypeScript, ShadcnUI and TailwindCSS.
An open-source Shadcn style kanban board.
Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend.
Custom Hooks in React (Design Patterns)
Throwback Thursday! This video from a year ago dives into Custom Hooks in React - still one of the most important patterns for modern React development.
We explore how to extract and share logic between components, creating cleaner and more scalable applications. A great refresher on implementing Custom Hooks that remain just as relevant today!
See you next week!
Darius Cosden