Vitor Alencar

Vitor Alencar

Senior Web Developer & Engineering Manager based in Berlin with over 12 years of hands-on experience. I’m passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge—producing video tutorials and leading code courses at top programming schools. In my free time, I give back to the open-source community by maintaining projects like redux-offline, dracula-ui and clipboard.js,
Modernizing Your React App: Compiler, useEffectEvent, Activity & Friends
React Summit 2026React Summit 2026
Upcoming
Modernizing Your React App: Compiler, useEffectEvent, Activity & Friends
React has changed a lot in the last year: React 19, 19.1 and now 19.2 brought a stable React Compiler, new hooks like useEffectEvent, the <Activity /> API, and better SSR primitives such as Partial Pre rendering. And more
In this talk we’ll take a demo React app that’s full of effects, memoization and “old school” patterns, and modernize it step by step
Optimizing React Applications: Deep Dive into the React Compiler
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
24 min
Optimizing React Applications: Deep Dive into the React Compiler
React 18 introduces the React Compiler, a powerful tool for optimizing component rendering and enhancing performance. In this talk, we'll explore how the compiler works, demonstrate practical performance improvements, and show you how to integrate these optimizations into your projects.Whether you're working on new or existing applications, you'll leave with actionable insights to harness the full potential of React 18.