August 25th, 2023 × #React#Performance#Virtual DOM
Supper Club × Make React 70% Faster! Million.js with 18 Year Old Aiden Bai
Aiden Bai discusses Million.js, a library that makes React rendering up to 70% faster by replacing the virtual DOM diffing process. He shares how it works, use cases, and his motivations for improving web performance.
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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