<story><title>React use C</title><url>https://github.com/elnardu/react-use-c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>junon</author><text>TL:DR it&amp;#x27;s a meme.&lt;p&gt;The context here (as I understand it) is that Next.js, a popular React-like framework that allows (in a way) coding both the server and browser portions of a web app in one codebase, such that each portion is extracted at runtime and automatically wired up via API calls. This is a simplification but it&amp;#x27;s how you can think of it.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;ve now introduced an even tighter way of introducing server code into what are otherwise frontend React components by piggie backing off the old &amp;quot;use strict&amp;quot; directive syntax, called &amp;quot;use server&amp;quot;, allowing you to interleave - directly and inline - the client and browser code.&lt;p&gt;Many a meme have been created, half-jokingly comparing it to PHP, ranging from the supportive jest, to the very seriously critical, as one would expect the internet to do.&lt;p&gt;Some of those memes have been in the form of &amp;quot;use ___&amp;quot;, such as &amp;quot;use binary&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;use php&amp;quot;, etc.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t use frontend frameworks much these days so maybe someone can correct me on some of this, but hopefully this helps explain it a bit.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nextjs.org&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;api-reference&amp;#x2F;functions&amp;#x2F;server-actions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nextjs.org&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;api-reference&amp;#x2F;functions&amp;#x2F;server-a...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>cultofmetatron</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been out of the node community for over 5 years but this seems in line with the &amp;quot;hurr durr use javascript for everything!!&amp;quot; crew. can someone tell me if this is a parody cuz I seriously can&amp;#x27;t tell anymore?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sebastianconcpt</author><text>Rauch made a meme generator now&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;samgen.vercel.app&amp;#x2F;GYVwdgxgLglg9mABAITnA1gWwIYCd0AUA3ogM4A2IA5ogL4CUiRAUIorgKZQi5IGttEAHgBGIKFAQDBiYHFyYAgtHhgAvEWykAnpEQFGagHxNpMxACIQpDmQ64AbvYsBuMzOwB3bDChkAjuQABgCSAHIAygCiAEoAKojhcQDyKGhYeOik%2BhTUjABqigAyAKpREfoAJES5VAwuQW7mdLRmRu7CqBg4%2BCEQCIgA9O0yQoNiEggjiPTMtEA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;samgen.vercel.app&amp;#x2F;GYVwdgxgLglg9mABAITnA1gWwIYCd0AUA3...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>React use C</title><url>https://github.com/elnardu/react-use-c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>junon</author><text>TL:DR it&amp;#x27;s a meme.&lt;p&gt;The context here (as I understand it) is that Next.js, a popular React-like framework that allows (in a way) coding both the server and browser portions of a web app in one codebase, such that each portion is extracted at runtime and automatically wired up via API calls. This is a simplification but it&amp;#x27;s how you can think of it.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;ve now introduced an even tighter way of introducing server code into what are otherwise frontend React components by piggie backing off the old &amp;quot;use strict&amp;quot; directive syntax, called &amp;quot;use server&amp;quot;, allowing you to interleave - directly and inline - the client and browser code.&lt;p&gt;Many a meme have been created, half-jokingly comparing it to PHP, ranging from the supportive jest, to the very seriously critical, as one would expect the internet to do.&lt;p&gt;Some of those memes have been in the form of &amp;quot;use ___&amp;quot;, such as &amp;quot;use binary&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;use php&amp;quot;, etc.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t use frontend frameworks much these days so maybe someone can correct me on some of this, but hopefully this helps explain it a bit.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nextjs.org&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;api-reference&amp;#x2F;functions&amp;#x2F;server-actions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nextjs.org&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;api-reference&amp;#x2F;functions&amp;#x2F;server-a...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>cultofmetatron</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been out of the node community for over 5 years but this seems in line with the &amp;quot;hurr durr use javascript for everything!!&amp;quot; crew. can someone tell me if this is a parody cuz I seriously can&amp;#x27;t tell anymore?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sophiebits</author><text>One clarification: client and server code are never mixed within the same file. &amp;quot;use server&amp;quot; can only be used in server files and marks code that the client can call back into.</text></comment>