The React Compiler promises to eliminate manual memoization, but migrating an existing React Native codebase to an automated build step is rarely a friction-free process.

This roundtable is an open, peer-to-peer exchange for developers who are actively testing, deploying, or blocked by the React Compiler in real-world apps.

Instead of architectural theories, we will trade actual war stories from the trenches. Bring your real-world experiences with strict mode violations, third-party library incompatibilities, linting headaches, and unexpected debugging loops. We will map out where the compiler delivers immediate wins, where it introduces new breaking behaviors, and how different teams are managing the cultural shift from manual useMemo to automated compilation. Come ready to share what broke, what worked, and how you fixed it.

React has come a long way. And especially when working with legacy codebases, it's easy to overlook all the tools modern React provides for building performant and scalable applications.

From perceived to real performance gains. From helpers to the new compiler to debugger tooling. Let's take a look together at how to build fast web apps with ease.

In this talk we'll explore how users perceive performance, how new tooling like `Activity` and async transitions can help improve it, what role the new React compiler can play, and how the devtools can help you debug performance issues.