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Sam and Ryan talk about React 19's useActionState hook. They discuss how adding async functions to a plain React app introduces lots of in-between states that developers must grapple with, and how useActionState allows React to collapse and eliminate these states, bringing the simplicity of React's sync mental model to our async code.
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- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:51 - How React normally eliminates state in synchronous apps
- 8:20 - How useActionState lets React eliminate state in asynchronous apps
- 18:17 - Why you shouldn't just pass server actions into useActionState
- 23:00 - TCP/IP and UDP analogy
- 26:39 - Thinking of useActionState like enqueue
- 34:55 - Why the term "reducer" is too loaded for best understanding useActionState
- 51:07 - How useActionState helps you build a Todo app that stays responsive during pending actions
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