I’ve rebuilt my stack for 2025 not because of hype, but because I need tools that help me ship faster while scaling my apps.

A few months ago I created a similar video, but since then I have changed quite a few things to help me ship faster. I no longer use a few tools that I shared earlier.

In this video, I share the exact principles from some production-ready apps I've shipped. If you’re building SaaS or side projects this year, this might save you weeks 👇.

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Imagine you go to a restaurant 👩‍🍳 and a server comes to take your order but until your food is ready, you're frozen and not allowed to chat with your friends, drink water or do anything.

That's the reality in your browser 😅.

That's where useTransition come in play.

Without useTransition, when you click a button that does something expensive, your entire app becomes unresponsive.

📜 Can't scroll - You're stuck looking at the same part of the page

▶️ Can't click other buttons - Everything is frozen

🧭 Can't navigate - You're trapped until the operation completes

Here's a code snippet for how to unfreeze your delete button:

The Result? Your app stays responsive while operations happen in the background. Users can continue using your app normally instead of being frozen in time! 🎯

If you’re building AI-powered UIs, Streamdown makes the flickery markdown problem disappear.

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