The React Story: How Facebook's Instagram Acquisition Led to the Open Sourcing of React — Pete Hunt, one of the original creators of React, gives the story of why React was first created, how it gained adoption within Facebook due to the Instagram acquisition, and its eventual release.

Use State in React: Building a React Component in 11 Minutes — Watch Kent build a StopWatch React component in a way you may not expect.

Officially Managed MongoDB Clusters Starting At 2GB Of RAM For $9/mo — Get a MongoDB replica set up and running in minutes on AWS, GCP, or Azure for as little as $9 per month.

Redux Zero: A Simpler 'Redux Lite' — A lightweight state container based on Redux with a single store and no reducers.

Scaling React Server-Side Rendering — Scaling a React-based rendering service gave the author a lot of stories/tips to share, all packed into this epic post.

componentDidMakeSense: An Explanation of the React Lifecycle — Learn the React lifecycle methods and when/how to use them.

Error Boundaries in React 16 — “Think of error boundaries like try-catch statements, but for React components.”

"Show Me Something Cool You Made with React" — Hundreds of people responded.

What Profiling A Universal React-Redux App Revealed — Could be useful if you want to dig into your own app’s performance too.

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react-accessible-accordion: An Accessible Accordion Component — Now compatible with React 16. Demo here.