The Gray Cat
The Gray Cat is a chubby British Shorthair with a mysterious charm, blending a love for coding with a flair for writing. Passionate about React and always on the hunt for new libraries to explore, this curious feline brings a creative twist to web development. When not immersed in code, The Gray Cat enjoys long naps and indulging in tuna snacks, perfectly balancing work and leisure.
On this blog, The Gray Cat shares adventures through the world of web development, offering insights and stories that inspire. Whether you're into coding, enjoy a good read, or simply love cats, there's something here for everyone to enjoy.
The latest articles by The Gray Cat – Page 6
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Mediabunny: FFmpeg's Web-Native Cousin Who Actually Reads the Room
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Converting media in the browser used to mean shipping a multi-megabyte WebAssembly FFmpeg build and hoping for the best. Mediabunny takes a different route: lean, tree-shakable TypeScript wired directly into the browser's hardware-accelerated WebCodecs API.
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Bippy: Sneaking Into React's Fiber Tree Like You Own the Place
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A power tool for tooling authors. Bippy hands you the same plumbing React DevTools uses, then politely warns you it might break everything.
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Alien Signals: The Tiny Reactivity Core That Powers Vue
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A signal library so fast its core algorithm was ported straight into Vue's production reactivity engine. Here's how to use it and why it works.
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Yoopta Editor: Build Your Own Notion in React
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A headless, plugin-powered block editor for React that brings Notion-style editing to your app with minimal fuss.
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react-native-enriched-markdown: Markdown Rendering Without the WebView Tax
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Render Markdown as truly native text in React Native, with a C-powered parser and zero WebView overhead.
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Hey API: Your OpenAPI Spec Just Wrote Your Entire Frontend Client
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Stop writing fetch wrappers by hand. Let your OpenAPI spec do the heavy lifting.
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react-native-boost: The One-Line Performance Hack Your App Deserves
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What if you could speed up your React Native app by up to 50% without touching your codebase? Meet react-native-boost, the Babel plugin that does the heavy lifting at build time.
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Uniwind: Tailwind Finally Feels at Home in React Native
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The fastest Tailwind bindings for React Native, from the team that brought you Unistyles.
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react-native-grab: Point at Your UI and Let the AI Fix It
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A touch-based context tool that bridges the gap between what you see on screen and what your AI coding assistant needs to know.
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From Markup to Mobile Magic with @native-html/render
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When your app needs to display HTML content but a WebView feels like bringing a tank to a water balloon fight, there is a better way.