895: React Server Components: Where are we at?
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Wes Bos
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🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Scott and Wes break down the current state of React Server Components — what they are, how they work, and why they’re so controversial. From framework support to bundling complexity, it’s everything you need to know about RSC in 2025.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:01 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
- 01:55 What exactly are React Server Components?
- 09:12 Frameworks and React Platforms.
- 23:39 Why so much hate?
- 25:28 I want it my way.
- 27:46 React Server Components lock-in.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to syntax. Today we're going to be talking about React Server components. It is April of 2025. I just had to look at my clock to know that. It is April of 2025. And you might not know where we're at with these things. You know, some people might still view React server components as this next |
| 0:21.5 | JS feature. So what is the status of them? How could you use them? Even what are they to a degree? |
| 0:29.1 | And just generally, what's up with React server components? What's the deal? What's the deal? |
| 0:33.5 | With React server components? What's the deal? Like, they've been around. |
| 0:43.1 | They've been around since, like, for five years, but also they're still having, I don't feel like they have fully caught on yet. |
| 0:45.6 | So we're going to try to attempt to explain why and what they are and sort of where |
| 0:51.4 | you can use them right now. |
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