Supper Club × Make React 70% Faster! Million.js with 18 Year Old Aiden Bai
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Aiden Bai about his work on Million.js that aims to make React a lot faster. How does Million.js make React faster? And most importantly: has Aiden ever used a VCR? Show Notes Welcome ...
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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Aiden Bai about his work on Million.js that aims to make React a lot faster. How does Million.js make React faster? And most importantly: has Aiden ever used a VCR?
Show Notes- 00:35 Welcome
- 00:57 Introducing Aiden Bai
- Aiden Bai
- aidenybai on GitHub
- @aidenybai on Twitter
- Aiden Bai on YouTube
- Million.js
- 01:57 What is Million.js?
- 03:20 How does React do rendering now?
- 04:31 How does Million.js make it faster?
- 07:37 What goes into creating a compiler?
- 08:24 How do you go from learning JavaScript to writing compilers?
- 11:05 Wyze WebRTC stream work
- 13:13 What are you using to benchmark and test?
- solidjs.com
- js-framework-benchmark
- xkcd: Compiling
- 18:19 What does a slowly rendering site look like?
- 23:54 How do you handle find on page with large amounts of code?
- 25:32 What does 70% faster with Million.js mean?
- Hyper™
- Warp: Your terminal, reimagined
- 26:44 Why are maps slow?
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- 28:19 Benefits of the Macro API
- 31:12 Does Million.js work across the board?
- 33:03 Does it ever break projects? How do you test Million.js?
- 35:35 How do you keep up on your GitHub issues?
- 37:40 What other areas of tech are you interested in working on?
- partytown
- 39:32 What was the inspiration for your website?
- 43:52 Supper Club questions
- Gruvbox with Material Palette
- iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement
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