Exploring Graphics and Hydration in Web Development

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This chapter explores the diverse applications of graphics in web development, showcasing tools like SVG and Adobe Illustrator for effective visual implementations. It also delves into the concept of hydration in the React framework, discussing the balance between server-side rendering and client-side interactivity, along with potential challenges related to mismatches.

React is an open-source front-end JavaScript library maintained by Meta. It was first released in 2013 and is now the most popular web framework.

Ilya Gurevich is a Senior Software Engineer at The New York Times. Last winter, his team set out to implement React 18 for The Times’ flagship core news site. Ilya recently wrote a viral blog post about this decision, and how the team tackled some of the engineering challenges along the way.

Today he joins the podcast with Gregor Vand to talk about adopting React 18 to enhance the performance of the The New York Times website.

Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.