TanStack Ecosystem with Tanner Linsley: React Query to TanStack Start | React Universe On Air #50

Tanner Linsley joins React Universe On Air to unpack the evolution of the TanStack ecosystem—from React Table and React Query to TanStack Router and the newest addition to the family, TanStack Start ✨ What started as internal tooling for Nozzle became a suite of libraries that shaped how developers think about server state, routing, and full-stack React apps. In this episode, Tanner shares the technical decisions behind building framework-agnostic, headless tools—and explains why client-side architecture still matters in a server-first world. You’ll also hear why TanStack Start isn’t just another full-stack framework, how React Server Components could be treated like server state, and what’s coming next for TanStack Router. If you're building React apps at scale or deciding how to modernize your frontend stack, don’t skip this one! Check out episode resources on our website 🧠 https://bit.ly/41Z876l Check out other episodes of our podcast 🎧 https://bit.ly/3XIHBeU Get your React Universe Conf 2025 tickets 🎟 https://hubs.li/Q03g5cLM0 Sign up for Callstack newsletter ✉️ https://bit.ly/4lwS7QP Follow us on X 🐦 https://twitter.com/callstackio Chapters 00:00 Welcome to the React Universe 00:00 Introduction to Open Source and Server State 01:15 Meet our guest: Tanner Linsley 02:19 How Tanner got into programming 04:06 Early programming days when there was no React yet 05:41 Cross-platform beginnings 07:40 Open Source contributions 09:24 Working on Chart.js 14:12 React Table at Nozzle 16:58 How React Static started 20:53 React Query taking shape 27:53 Community reactions to React Query 33:18 Framework agnostic approach 36:26 Cross-platform frameworks comparison 37:56 Headless, type safety, and no dependencies 46:22 TanStack Router 01:00:59 TanStack Start 01:11:06 React Server Components 01:18:51 Wrap-up 01:20:29 React Universe Conf Speakers Announcement