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Haz
@haz.dev

I didn't get any credit for the `as` prop back then, which is fair since I didn't invent it. I borrowed it from a library called Semantic UI. But I'd be sad if the same thing happened with the `render⁠=⁠{⁠<⁠Comp⁠ ⁠/⁠>⁠}⁠` API. I invested a lot of time in that.

Haz
@haz.dev

I mean, there's no need to mention me all the time or anything. Just don't let history be forgotten 🥲

siddharth ☻
@sid.st

related, i remember learning about the "as" from rebass around 2017 or 2018 but I see now that semantic ui had the initial version in 2016 random trivia: they called it "augmentation", before "composition" was cool, they later renamed it 😅 github.com/Semantic-Org...

github.comBreaking Changes: Add component augmentation by levithomason · Pull Request #414 · Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-ReactFixes #403. This PR will add component augmentation. Add augmentation to docs intro page Add Dropdown as Button augmentation example related but beyond the scope of this PR Investigate solving...

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siddharth ☻
@sid.st

i love learning about API history, would love to read how you came up with render={<Comp/>} and what were your inspirations then

Haz
@haz.dev

Yeah, Semantic UI was the first component library I saw that used this prop as a core API for all its components. I created ReAs (React As) as an experiment around this (github.com/diegohaz/reas). This project eventually became Ariakit.