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Alem Tuzlak - Tanstack Dev Tools and Tanstack AI

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devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development
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Apr 6, 2026
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Summary

Alem Tuzlak discusses the evolution of TanStack DevTools and the architectural vision behind TanStack AI. The conversation explores building standardized, composable tools for AI agentic experiences and observability.

Topics

  • Open Source
  • Software Development
  • React DevTools
  • AI Agents
  • Web Observability
  • Protocol Standardization
  • Frontend Engineering
  • TanStack AI

Highlights

  • Main idea: TanStack DevTools was born from a need for better observability in the React ecosystem
  • Technical strategy: TanStack AI leverages the AGUI protocol to standardize communication between servers, clients, and agents
  • Practical takeaway: Using an adapter-based architecture allows for easy community contributions and support for diverse media types like video and audio
  • Failure mode: Early versions of DevTools relied on hacking internal framework internals, leading to stability issues
  • Future roadmap: Upcoming features include middleware support, MCP integration, and advanced execution workflows with retry logic

Chapters

  1. 1:00 From Agency to Open Source: Alem Tuzlak shares his journey from running a development agency to contributing to the Remix ecosystem and launching open-source tools.
  2. 4:30 The Origin of TanStack DevTools: The motivation behind building DevTools to solve the lack of visual observability in modern web frameworks.
  3. 11:25 Building Agentic Experiences with TanStack AI: An exploration of how TanStack AI enables developers to create complex, event-based agentic chat interfaces.
  4. 18:20 Standardizing with AGUI: How adopting the AGUI protocol allows for interoperability between different backends and AI providers.
  5. 25:15 The Power of Composable Adapters: Discussing the architectural decision to split adapters to allow for scalable, community-driven feature additions.
  6. 35:45 The Future of TanStack AI: A look ahead at middleware, MCP support, and advanced execution workflows for AI applications.