web dev: TanStack Start + AI = replace React :)

TanStack Start: A Client First Web Framework - Tanner Linsley - YouTube

Showcasing TanStack Start, it's architecture decisions/tradeoffs 

and what it can offer developers who want to build full-stack web applications in 2026



Issue #473: TanStack's experimental React clone — React Status

Projecting React — Tanner Linsley (he of TanStack) spent a day prompting an AI agent to regenerate React’s public API as a ~9KB runtime scoped to TanStack Start, and quietly shipped it on his blog and tanstack.com, where it runs at 2–3× the speed of stock React. But the most interesting part is why he isn’t properly releasing it (though it is on npm if you're curious). Tanner Linsley

💡 It's also noteworthy that Tanner didn't find Preact to be a good, lighter 'drop-in' replacement for React due to its slow drift away over the years.