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Signal-First Architectures: Rethinking Front-End Reactivity
Shrinivass Arunachalam Balasubramanian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13815 https://

Signal-First Architectures: Rethinking Front-End Reactivity
Modern front-end frameworks face escalating reactivity management challenges, including performance degradation from complex observable chains and unpredictable re-renders. This paper introduces Signal-First Architecture--a novel paradigm where granular, dependency-tracked signals are the atomic unit of reactivity. Unlike traditional RxJS or NgRx patterns, Signal-First enforces reactive flows from explicit signal declarations, with derived values via computed() and side effects scoped to effect…