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The React Compiler at Eighteen Months: The Arc, the Debates, and What's Next
Eighteen months after React 19 shipped the stable compiler, its true impact is seen in eliminating bugs like forgotten dependencies and missing memos rather than delivering benchmark wins, though adoption in brownfield projects is hindered by legacy libraries that break the Rules of React. Open debates continue regarding whether those Rules should be a hard contract and the risk of 'use no memo' becoming technical debt, while future plans include finer per-component control, compiler-aware Server Components, a stable useEvent, React Native parity, and improved DevTools.
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