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React 19 useActionState: The Form Boilerplate I Deleted

React 19's useActionState and useFormStatus let me delete the loading flags, error state, and controlled inputs I hand-wrote in every form. Before and after code.

Rayyan | July 26, 2026 | 8 min

Programming

Zod Validation: The Runtime Types I Stopped Hand-Checking

TypeScript types vanish at runtime, which is how bad API and form data slips through. Here's how I use Zod to validate at the edges…

Rayyan | June 18, 2026 | 7 min

Web Development

Next.js Server Actions: The API Routes I Deleted in Production

I moved nearly every mutation in two production Next.js apps onto Server Actions. Here is what got deleted, what useActionState fixed, and what still bites.

Rayyan | May 24, 2026 | 8 min

Frontend

React’s useActionState: The Hook That Replaced My Form Reducers

Six weeks with useActionState in React 19: where it kills useReducer, the error-handling pattern I use, and when I still reach for the old way.

Rayyan | May 5, 2026 | 9 min