pkgpulse.hashnode.devHTMX vs React in 2026: Do You Still Need a JavaScript Framework?HTMX is 14KB. React + ReactDOM is 42KB — before you add a router, state management, and a build system. Originally published on pkgpulse.com React has 96 million weekly downloads. HTMX has 94,000. That's a 1,000x gap. But HTMX gained 16,800 GitHub st...1h ago·7 min read
pkgpulse.hashnode.devBest React UI Libraries in 2026: MUI vs Ant Design vs Chakra vs MantineMUI has 1.4 million weekly downloads. Mantine has 1.35 million. Six months ago, Mantine was at 900K. That growth rate says something about what developers want from their component libraries in 2026. Originally published on pkgpulse.com The React UI ...1h ago·8 min read
pkgpulse.hashnode.devESLint vs Biome in 2026: Is the Linter Landscape Changing?Biome lints 10,000 files in 0.8 seconds. ESLint takes 45 seconds. That's not a typo — it's a 56x performance difference. Originally published on pkgpulse.com ESLint still dominates with 79.3 million weekly downloads. Biome has 2 million. But Biome's ...1h ago·6 min read
pkgpulse.hashnode.devElectron vs Tauri in 2026: Desktop Apps, Dramatically DifferentA productivity app team switched from Electron to Tauri. Their installer went from 120MB to 8MB. Cold-start time dropped 70%. RAM usage was halved. Originally published on pkgpulse.com Those numbers aren't outliers — they're what happens when you sto...1h ago·7 min read
pkgpulse.hashnode.devTanStack Query vs SWR in 2026: Which Data Fetching Library Wins?TanStack Query has 12.3 million weekly downloads. SWR has 7.7 million. Two years ago, SWR was ahead. The trend is clear — and it tells a bigger story about what developers want from their data fetching layer. Originally published on pkgpulse.com Both...1h ago·6 min read