React as a UI Runtime

Shared from overreacted.io on March 5, 2026.

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Dan Abramov, Overreacted

This is one of the React links that still earns a place because it explains the runtime model instead of another surface API. Understanding React as a way to describe, schedule, and reconcile UI work ages better than memorizing patterns.

Useful for the site's TypeScript and React writing because it turns framework behavior into architecture vocabulary.

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