OpenAI Goes Pro, React 19 is Stable, and Figma's New Competitor Onlook

In our last news episode of the year, we share that React 19 is declared stable, just in time for the holidays. It’s been a long road from release candidate in April to stability now, but it was well worth the wait. React 19 is packing a lot of features, including: Actions, hooks, form actions, the new use API, and of course, React Server Components and Server Actions.

OpenAI’s been busy as well, introducing ChatGPT Pro, its $200 a month subscription for unlimited access to OpenAI o1 (the “reasoning model), GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice mode. Additionally, the startup announced the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code in a handful of developer-focused coding apps, like VS Code, XCode, Terminal, and iTerm2.

There’s a new challenger to Figma for styling React-based code bases called Onlook. Onlook is a browser-based product studio that lets you design React code with Tailwind CSS using an easy-to-use interface just like you would in Figma.

News:

• Paige - Onlook, the power Figma in your React app
• Jack - React 19 is stable
• TJ - OpenAI announcements: ChatGPT Pro and Work With Apps

Bonus News:

• Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality
• iOS 18.2 and Apple Intelligence

Fire Starters:

• Customizable Selects (Wes Bos video)

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Black Doves TV series and The Midnight Feast book
• Jack - Seestar-S50 All-in-one smart telescope
• TJ - Christmas Village in Grand Rapids, MI

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