Sam and Ryan explore different ways to think about the RSC architecture, including what problems RSC solve, why RSC are valuable even in a world without server-side rendering, and how React’s reconciliation phase enables RSC to make partial updates to the UI as a result of server-side events.
Topics include:
0:00 - Intro
5:45 - What if RSC were introduced before SSR?
10:54 - What does it mean to render RSC?
25:41 - Why SSR does not apply to Server Components
35:31 - Server-driven UI updates
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