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Jan 2025
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Episode 23 - Building a minimal reactive...

Minko Gechev
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This episode explores building a minimal reactive framework using signals as a reactivity primitive. We'll look into implementing a simple component model, composing components, separating the view into static and dynamic parts, and implementing fine-grained reactivity.

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