Cilantrobyte.

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React

The UI library we'd still pick today.

Category

Frontend

At the studio

Since 2019

Projects shipped

4 case studies

Status

Active

(01) Our take

We've shipped React production code continuously since 2019. The 19.x line with the Compiler has quietly resolved most of the "should I memoise this" questions that used to take hours in code review. It's the most stable it's ever been.

We're bullish on the framework but skeptical of the ecosystem drift. Our house style is to pick a small number of boring libraries and stick with them across projects, rather than chasing whatever was trending on Hacker News last month.

(02) What we build with it

Typical work

  • Product UIs of any real complexity
  • Design-system component libraries
  • Embedded widgets and white-label apps
  • Client portions of mobile apps (via React Native)

(03) How we engage

Engagement shape

Rarely used in isolation — almost always paired with Next.js for web, React Native for mobile, or as a component library inside a larger codebase.

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