🤖 New Fullstack AI Workspace

Hey there.

Here’s everything you need to know this week in the world of full-stack development.

Programming

🤖 Google Launches new Fullstack AI Workspace
Firebase Studio just launched, and it's built to supercharge your entire dev workflow with AI at the core. From building backends to mobile apps, everything happens in one place. With Gemini in Firebase, you get an AI that codes, debugs, tests, and even documents right alongside you. Throw in end-to-end testing, Android emulators, and access to thousands of extensions, and it seems they’ve built a really cool full-stack playground.

😨 Engineers who won’t commit
Staying neutral in technical debates might work early in your career, but at some point, you’ll be the one with the most context in the room. If you don’t speak up, someone else will, and it might be the wrong person with the wrong idea. Leadership means making the call, even if you're only 60% sure. Better a slightly unsure decision than total silence.

📜 Every Caching Strategy Explained in 5 Minutes
Caching is dead simple at its core: speed things up and ease the load on your database. It works by serving repeated requests from a faster, temporary store, so your backend doesn’t have to. This guide breaks down the key caching strategies and how to pick the right one for your app.

You’ve heard the hype. It’s time for results.

For all the buzz around agentic AI, most companies still aren't seeing results. But that's about to change. See real agentic workflows in action, hear success stories from our beta testers, and learn how to align your IT and business teams.

Watch the product showcase now

Front-End

🪵 Advanced React in the Wild
This site pulled together 5 real-world case studies showing React and Next.js at their best. From massive Core Web Vitals gains to clever rendering and caching tricks, teams went deep on performance and UX. Each case breaks down the problems, the fixes, and what other devs can learn from them.

🧑‍🔬 The Hidden Engine Behind Your Components
Reconciliation is React’s behind-the-scenes magic, updating the DOM to match your component tree. It powers React’s declarative style: you say what UI you want, and React handles the “how.”. Here’s how it works.

⁉️ Do people actually use the new hooks and the compiler of react 19
A recent Reddit user asked: Who’s actually using the new hooks and compiler in React 19 (without Next.js)? The replies are packed with devs sharing real-world usage, tips, and edge cases. If you’re curious how React 19 is landing in the wild, this post is a goldmine of insight.

More Tools & Stories

⏩️ Accelerating Large-Scale Test Migration with LLMs

🔨 Beyond the basics of Node.js testing

AI

💰️ Claude launches its own $100/ Pro plan

🏗️ Wordpress launches its own AI website builder (the reviews are mixed)

🧑‍🎓 Anthropic Education Report: How University Students Use Claude

Have a great week, see you the same time next week!

- Full Stack Focus team :)