--- title: They made React great again? | daily.dev description: React has made significant improvements with the introduction of a compiler, eliminating the need for certain features like 'useMemo' and 'forwardRef'. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/they-made-react-great-again--dcjfyesqp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: They made React great again? | daily.dev og:description: React has made significant improvements with the introduction of a compiler, eliminating the need for certain features like 'useMemo' and 'forwardRef'. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 30 upvotes > This guy knows how to make videos. This truly amazing how he manages to fit all these punchlines while still providing tons of knowledge **@hugyn\_dev** · 7 upvotes > Has to be the best dev related channel ever, always deliverying the best topics. **@aishwarygupta** · 5 upvotes > React has introduced a compiler... That's great **@kyoukhana** · 4 upvotes > Just use HTMX. How many dependencies are going to be needed to make all this happen. Its great for the React Community but how may out-dated ReactJS projects are in production and need to be updated. **@avizmarques** · 2 upvotes > RIP useMemo ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#compiler](https://daily.dev/tags/compiler), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/they-made-react-great-again--dcjfyesqp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"They made React great again?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-made-react-great-again--dcjfyesqp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-made-react-great-again--dcjfyesqp"},"datePublished":"2024-02-26T22:04:55.577Z","dateModified":"2025-12-08T02:18:44.645Z","description":"React has made significant improvements with the introduction of a compiler, eliminating the need for certain features like 'useMemo' and 'forwardRef'. 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How many dependencies are going to be needed to make all this happen. 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