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1. From React: A Revolution in Front‑End UI Code Paradigms

React has led two major front‑end paradigm revolutions and continues to thrive with a vibrant community; its bold innovations have been adopted, questioned, and largely embraced, driving the evolution of the entire front‑end ecosystem.

2. A Rust Beginner’s Path to a Production‑Grade Application

Through research and experimentation we identified Rust as a language for upgrading the compute layer; its ownership model catches most memory errors at compile time, eliminating many runtime bugs, while its lack of garbage collection enables predictable memory usage and high performance, making it ideal for reliable, stable systems.

3. From 18% to 64%: What We Did to Improve Mini‑Program Simulator Startup Speed

Mini‑programs run within the Kuaishou ecosystem without installation; the simulator is a core tool for developers but suffered performance complaints. In Q2 2024 Kuaishou launched a dedicated optimization project, raising simulator instant‑open rate from 18% to 64% and reducing FCP P90 from 4.4 s to 1.9 s, with detailed measures and results described in the article.

4. Midscene.js Integrates Qwen‑2.5‑VL Model – Cutting UI Automation Cost by 80%

Starting with Midscene v0.12 we adapted the Qwen‑2.5‑VL model. Compared with GPT‑4o, Qwen‑2.5‑VL maintains output correctness while supporting interaction with more element types, and reduces runtime cost by over 80%, marking a new milestone for UI automation.

5. How to Repay Technical Debt? Didi’s Internationalization Practice

As the concluding piece of the “Technical Debt Governance” series, this article deeply analyzes the governance of Didi’s international H5 project for delivery riders (DH5). It examines the root causes of debt, dissects problems, presents concrete solutions, and shares outcomes to guide similar project governance scenarios.