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Supper Club × Make React 70% Faster! Million.js with 18 Year Old Aiden Bai

Aug 25

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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Million Kitchen Sink

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