React compiler is coming, according to Bytes.dev, which recently explored why React needs a compiler in the first place. The post came after React issued new documentation about the compiler.
“React’s default model is to re-render every time a state change occurs, but sometimes, you want to opt out of this behavior to improve performance,” Bytes wrote.
The post added that traditionally, this requires adding manual memoization. That works, but it’s “tedious, brittle and annoying to maintain,” the post continued.
The new…
