Mark's Dev Blog

Introduction Hopefully you've already read Part 1: Fears, Opinions, and Mental Journey so you understand how I ended up with this mindset and approach.

Introduction This post will be tough to write.

I've spent years explaining the basics and nuances of React's rendering behavior.

I've spent a lot of time debugging and doing performance optimization investigations throughout my career.

I spend a lot of time reading (and participating in) discussions in the React community, across many different sites.

Introduction Today, the state of React and its ecosystem is complicated and fractured, with a mixture of successes, skepticism, and contention.

The main thesis of this talk is that maintainers do a lot more than just write features and fix bugs, and that really most of what we do involves thinking about and interacting with the users of our library.

My remote presentation for React Advanced 2024 was on "Designing Effective Documentation: Lessons Learned Writing the Redux Docs".

I had the chance to speak at both React Connection Paris in April and React Summit Amsterdam in June, and at both conferences I gave a talk on "Why Use Redux Today?".

I gave a lightning talk at React Summit US, and did a quick run-through of what's changing in RTK 2.0.

I work at Replay.io, and I've spent all of this year building some incredibly advanced React debugging features that make use of our time-traveling backend API.

My extensive post "A (Mostly) Complete Guide to React Rendering Behavior" is the most popular and widely appreciated post I've written.

Table of Contents Introduction Redux Packages Background Packages and Configurations Issue History Early Attempts Migrating to Vitest Initial Alpha Testing Researching Better Configuration Setting Up CI Checks for Packaging Initial CI Setup Are The Types…

In mid-2021 I had the chance to do a talk on "Debugging Software" for a meetup hosted by Mintbean.io.

I had the opportunity to talk on a number of different podcasts and interviews over the course of the year.