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…idiomatic __SECRET_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED for coworkers that can’t take a hint. https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by senkora · 2026-05-26 · in Opaque Types in Python

…Still waiting for this one to catch on: React.__SECRET_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by culi · 2026-05-23 · in --dangerously-skip-reading-code

…"Creating Your Own Framework" page with a more relevant "Creating a React App" page: - https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/7618 but the overall point of _all_ of this is that CRA was unmaintained as of 2023, the community had…

comment by acemarke · 2026-03-14 · in Vite 8.0 Is Out

Thanks for the feedback, I adjusted it here so the first note is related to the impacted versions: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/8195

comment by rickhanlonii · 2025-12-11 · in Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components

> it certainly works Not for this guy: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by porridgeraisin · 2025-11-19 · in Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem

…it can be, just like React did with React.__SECRET_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED ( https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896 )

comment by jampa · 2025-10-23 · in Living Dangerously with Claude

> I don't understand Well. This is hardly the funniest example then. Check this one out: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by porridgeraisin · 2025-09-25 · in Electron-based apps cause system-wide lag on macOS 26 Tahoe

Of course, it doesn't stop people from asking if they can use it: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by cyphar · 2025-08-02 · in I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Proposed rework of React docs

story by johnny_reilly · 2025-02-17 · 0 comments

…ended a couple of years ago? Edit: Maybe it just stopped being a recommendation in the React Docs? https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487

comment by firecall · 2025-02-16 · in Sunsetting Create React App

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Proposal for adding Astro as a recomended framework in the React docs

story by Oia20 · 2025-02-04 · 0 comments

That doesn't always help[0] [0] https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by yard2010 · 2024-11-02 · in RCE Vulnerability in QBittorrent

https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896 (I do generally agree with your point.)

comment by Vinnl · 2024-10-23 · in Self-Documenting Code

…of this ticket [0]. No matter how hard you try to tell people things, sometimes you just can't. [0] https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/issues/3896

comment by Etheryte · 2024-10-12 · in Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices

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story by keepamovin · 2024-04-03 · 37 comments

…upthread, but the "official" deprecation notice is this comment from Dan Abramov in a GitHub issue: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-...

comment by rmccue · 2024-01-15 · in Kind of annoyed at React

…looking for why your dependencies are out of date, you'll find references in obscure GitHub issues: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-... As much as I like the React team and appreciate their willingness to try…

comment by rmccue · 2024-01-15 · in Kind of annoyed at React

…the reality that a bit of choice is needed, but there are now really great options to choose from. https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-...

comment by iudqnolq · 2023-04-09 · in Building GitHub with Ruby on Rails

This is on purpose. `create-react-app` is now considered outdated, "older workflow". See: https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-...

comment by leonidasv · 2023-03-28 · in Defaulting on Single Page Applications

Yep, see https://github.com/reactjs/react.dev/pull/5487#issuecomment-...

comment by pcthrowaway · 2023-03-23 · in How to start a React Project in 2023

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React GH issue: List Vite next to Next.js as a way to start a new React project

story by matijash · 2023-03-22 · 0 comments

Not Docusaurus, but the source is here: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org (currently in the "beta" directory)

comment by sophiebits · 2023-03-16 · in Introducing react.dev

Please don't hesitate to report things like janky scrolling to the issue tracker ( https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues ). We were changing things a lot and I'm sure a bunch of regressions could've crept in, so all reports are…

comment by danabramov · 2023-03-16 · in Introducing react.dev

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Proposal to replace create-react-app

story by nindalf · 2023-02-06 · 0 comments

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Replace Create React App Recommendation with Vite by T3dotgg · Pull Request

story by vinnyglennon · 2023-02-03 · 0 comments

https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecommen... I remember submitting the full link. Dunno why it was edited

comment by rk06 · 2023-02-03 · in Dan Abramov's Response on History and Future of CreateReactApp

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Dan Abramov's Response on History and Future of CreateReactApp

story by rk06 · 2023-02-02 · 2 comments

…at least. ReactJS repos has curious pull request that proposes to replace RCA with Vite, checkout: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487

comment by hinell · 2023-02-01

More specifically, the comment: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecommen...

comment by zenosmosis · 2023-01-31 · in Discussion regarding create-react-app's future

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Discussion regarding create-react-app's future

story by zenosmosis · 2023-01-31 · 1 comment

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Pull Request: Replace Create React App Recommendation with Vite #5487

story by hu3 · 2023-01-23 · 0 comments

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Replace Create React App Recommendation with Vite

story by nchristopher · 2023-01-22 · 0 comments

It’s not that easy. https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3896

comment by steveklabnik · 2022-09-19 · in There is no “software supply chain”

Latest work is here: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/4720

comment by jitl · 2022-06-08 · in CodeMirror 6.0 Stable Release

…I’ve been working on Typescript/JavaScript extensions for CodeMirror. My PR here has the latest: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/4720

comment by jitl · 2022-06-08 · in CodeMirror 6.0 Stable Release

…recommend against touching it in your library if you don’t want that library to break later. from: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3896#issuecomm...

comment by rplnt · 2022-03-01 · in React.__SECRET_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED

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Is it safe to use __secret_internals_do_not_use_or_you_will_be_fired?

story by shawabawa3 · 2022-02-03 · 209 comments

…to be fought on the way, I don't think it's too long. Congrats to the team who worked on it! [1] https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3308

comment by warpech · 2021-10-23 · in React Docs Beta – rewritten with hooks and interactive examples

…a lot of those concepts directly, which should really help people who are getting started. [0] https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/3965 [1] https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2020/05/blogged-answers-a-... [2]…

comment by acemarke · 2021-10-23 · in React Docs Beta – rewritten with hooks and interactive examples

…https://overreacted.io/before-you-memo/ [4] https://github.com/reactwg/react-18/discussions/21 [5] https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3308

comment by acemarke · 2021-08-19 · in A Visual Guide to React Rendering

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React Team: Status Update on the New React Docs

story by acemarke · 2021-06-10 · 0 comments

…and material on this site! [0] https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2021/01/context-redux-diff... [1] https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3308 [2] https://github.com/markerikson/react-community-tools-practic... [3]…

comment by acemarke · 2021-03-08 · in React Common Tools and Practices: State Management Overview

…is currently working on a complete rewrite of the docs, which will include a focus on hooks first: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/3308 In the meantime, someone else ported the existing docs to teach function components and…

comment by acemarke · 2020-11-04 · in React Fundamentals: What I’m Learning

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Reactjs.org Official tutorial rewritten with hooks

story by DaniAkash · 2020-06-29 · 0 comments

If you think the docs can be improved, please submit PRs: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org

comment by acemarke · 2018-12-14 · in Use Hooks – A Collection of Reusable React Hooks

…different kinds of React components and back in February and submitted a PR to the React docs: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/645 . If you want to read it (note: no one on the React team has reviewed this yet, but I was…

comment by mbrowne · 2018-11-07 · in React v16.6.0: lazy, memo and contextType

…it mostly as a tutorial works well. Plus in hindsight I could have just looked through this: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/commits?author=gaearo...

comment by icc97 · 2018-09-01 · in React Fire: Modernizing React DOM

I edited the post to hide the annotations behind a gist: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/719 Hope this is clearer now!

comment by danabramov · 2018-03-27 · in Update on Async Rendering