What's New in React and Next.js
Explore practical best practices for building fast, maintainable, accessible web apps in 2025. From state management myths to hybrid rendering, code splitting, caching, server actions, and accessibility.
0:24 Welcome & live optimization format 0:40 About Shruti (creator; quit 9–5) 1:16 ReactFlix: 30s LCP vs 1.28s goal 1:52 App tour (hero, trending, details) 2:38 Why it’s slow: load-everything & LCP metrics 3:53 Step 1: Bundle analysis & big offenders 5:12 Code-splitting (Vite) & heavy components 6:58 MovieList bottleneck (many cards & client fetch) 8:41 Profiling: 54 re-renders → add React Compiler 13:15 Step 2: SSR with TanStack Start 15:02 Result: 7.67s LCP + prefetch on hover 17:25 Step 3: Images (fetchpriority + lazy-load) 20:10 Final LCP ~1.28s 20:18 Recap & optimization checklist
