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Should you use merge commits or rebase when working on large codebases?

Episode Summary

Sam and Ryan talk about whether you should use merge commits or you should rebase commits in your PRs when working on large, fast-moving codebases. They also talk about implementing build-time client-side search with Stork, and why layering in animation code shouldn’t materially affect your existing React code.

Episode Notes

Sam and Ryan talk about whether you should use merge commits or you should rebase commits in your PRs when working on large, fast-moving codebases. They also talk about implementing build-time client-side search with Stork, and why layering in animation code shouldn’t materially affect your existing React code.

Topics include:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:48 – How to use D3 with React elements -
• 9:14 – Why you should unmount Modals and Dialogs when they’re not visible -
• 24:36 – Using Stork to implement build-time, client-side search -
• 36:03 – Merge commits vs. rebasing in large codebases -

Links:

• Sam’s D3 and Framer Motion video
• Stork on GitHub
• Framer Motion course