React Compiler and and the promise of automated memoization (opens in new tab)

The real-world impact of the React Compiler (formerly React Forget). The promise of this tool is to automate memoization, theoretically freeing developers from the manual overhead of useMemo, useCallback, and React.memo. The Problem: Manual Memoization React re-renders are cascading; a change in a parent component triggers a re-render for all children unless stopped by memoization. Manually implementing this is often complex and leads to: Referential instability: Objects and functions recreat...