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πŸ“¨ #270: Next.js, React Router, TanStack, Ink, Async, AI | Hermes, React Navigation, CSS Grid, Maestro, QuickPush, Screens, Expo Skills, Async Storage | Node, Oxfmt, TypeScript, Border Shape, Sprites

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Kacper KapuΕ›ciak
Kacper KapuΕ›ciak
Software Engineer - Software Mansion
Krzysztof Piaskowy
Krzysztof Piaskowy
Software Engineer - Software Mansion

Hello everyone, Krzysztof and Kacper from Software Mansion here πŸ‘‹

The React Foundation officially launched. Cloudflare rebuilt the whole Next.js in a week using AI. In the meantime, the real Next.js is adding version-matched docs so agents always have context on new and recently updated APIs.

On the React Native side, Hermes is moving beyond mobile: Hermes-node brings the engine to Node.js as a potential V8 swap. CSS Grid is also coming to React Native, and TanStack Router has an early PoC running natively.

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