I've been a bit quiet here lately, but it's about time for an update: Fireship is officially merging with @uidotdev. @tylermcginnis and the team make great courses and I've been a fan of Bytes since it launched. We actually talked about merging together back in 2021, but the timing wasn't right. Turns out it just took a few years. For a little more context, ~18 months ago I sold a part of Fireship to a company called Electrify that invests in educational YouTube channels and helps build a team around them. I did this for 2 reasons: - Money - Time Most people don't realize that until recently, Fireship has always been a one-man show. I started with zero video production skill and zero expectations. I spent thousands of hours on a mission to make programming videos I’d actually want to watch. And somehow, I just kept making videos and it just kept working for the past 8 years… I now have 3 kids with a 4th on the way. Running and scaling everything by myself isn’t sustainable anymore, and tbh, I never had the desire to manage people. I'm a hardcore introvert who just likes making YouTube videos. So over the last year Electrify has helped me start building a team so I can focus on just the creative side. But the results have been mixed so far as we’ve tried adding to the team while still making content. Despite the rumors, I have not been replaced by AI. If I had been, uploads would be way more consistent. The reality is that making this weird style of niche technical content is hard. AI can't do it, and it turns out most humans can’t do it very well either. So we're changing things in 2026, and merging with the uidotdev team is the first step. Going forward, we’ll be making more old school Fireship programming videos, more 100 Seconds videos, and more Code Reports on a wider range of topics, along with some crazy new ideas I think you'll like. We’re also hiring more full time developers who are good at writing about technical topics. Editing and shitposting skills are also welcome. DM Tyler if you’re interested. Yes, this all takes money, which is why we have more sponsors now. That’s the tradeoff for being able to build a team. And no, I’m not stepping back. I'll still be voicing and working on every video, and I still have creative control to decide what we make. But the hope is that expanding the team will let us make more stuff and go deeper on everything without me burning out. Also, existing Fireship Pro customers now get access to all uidotdev courses and vice versa. Check out the new fireship .dev site if you’re curious. And finally, a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the channel over the years. I genuinely appreciate it more than I can put into words.

📢I’m so happy to announce that 🔮 query.gg is now complete and available in its entirety: 33 lessons, 27 quizzes and 21 challenges, divided into 9 sections 🤯

React Query won. There's no denying that. What I didn't expect was for @tylermcginnis to reappear on YouTube to tell us all about why. Obviously I had to make a video of my own

📢 I'm so stoked to announce that today, 🔮 query.gg - the brand new, official @tan_stack React Query course - is live and available for everyone 🎉

I already know this is going to be a fantastic video @uidotdev is always on point with these stories

🔮 I'm so happy to see the hard work we've put into the new, official React Query course getting close to seeing the light of day. Only 3 more weeks to go 🚀 Want a sneak peek? We've made the first lesson public to give you a tase of what's to come: ui.dev/why-react-query

Trust me that there's no unwarranted shill when I say that I've never seen tech education quality quite like this new Query course. The @uidotdev team are geniuses and @TkDodo is quite literally our planet's leading expert on all things Query. If you want to learn Query, this is 100% the best way. If you already use Query (I do), @Tkdodo will inevitably 🤯 your 🧠 with power user skillz (like he did with me).

🔮 Exciting news: I'm so happy to announce that the course on TanStack Query I've been working on will launch May 22 🚀 Huge thanks to @tylermcginnis and the team behind @uidotdev for working with me on this 🙏

The Bytes newsletter is amazing — bytes.dev/archives/253

📢 Earlier this year, I teamed up with the folks behind @uidotdev to build a brand new course for teaching the concepts of TanStack Query. I'm so happy to announce that we're getting close, and early registration is now possible at 🔮 query.gg

React.gg is 💯% legit and from the modules I’ve seen, is the funnest way I’ve seen to learn React, ever. Launch sale is still cruisin’ right now so get it while it’s 🔥

We spent the last ~15 months building 🕹️ react.gg – our take on a modern, interactive React course. Today we're happy to announce that it's live and available for everyone. Here's why we're excited about it and why it took so long to create.

you up, @astrodotbuild?

"but when it comes to scaling applications, I usually prefer to trust the opinions of the most aggressively mean people on Hacker News." - @uidotdev 😂😂😂

🕹️ Excited to announce that after a year of work, the react.gg private beta is finally live. For this launch we're opening it up to 10% of the size of our waitlist – on a first come, first serve basis. Launch discount available now on react.gg.

📣 Introducing useHooks: A collection of Server Component safe React Hooks from the ui.dev team. usehooks.com

For some, @CloudflareDev's annual Dev Week is a spiritual experience. We're not one of them – but we still climbed to the top of CF Mountain to gather with the believers and receive all the new CF releases and announcements. Bytes #189 out now. bytes.dev/archives/189

When creating reactgg, we had one goal – optimize for "aha!" moments. Our favorite way of doing that was creating interactive visuals that represent core React concepts Today, we're excited to announce "React, Visualized" – a free, visual intro to React react.gg/visualized

I've always been fascinated with how much easier it is to learn something if you have the historical context behind why it exists. When making reactgg, we leaned into this idea. Here's how we start off the course, which sets the context for React and why it was created.

built with 🚀Astro ⚛️React from our friends at @uidotdev react.gg/