React Compiler: Auto-memoization at Build Time

Is useMemo truly dead? Can we finally trust the React Compiler to handle performance automatically?

In this session from React Summit US 2025, industry leaders: 💫 Addy Osmani, Engineering Manager at Google Chrome 💫 Shaundai Person, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix 💫 Seth Webster, Executive Director at React Foundation 💫 Nicolas Gallagher, Engineering Manager at Meta, React Native 💫 Amy Dutton, Lead Developer at Prefect 💫 Mark Erikson, Redux Maintainer, Senior Principal Engineer at Echobind

They debate the reality of shifting to “auto-memoization,” discussing whether the new Compiler truly eliminates the need for manual tuning or if it introduces new architectural challenges for production apps.