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From: enzotar <enzotar3000@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:39:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add implementation status, benchmarks, and React
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+## Implementation Status ✅
+
+DreamStack is **real and running** — 6 Rust crates, 34 tests, 8 examples, ~7KB output.
+
+```
+.ds source → ds-parser → ds-analyzer → ds-codegen → JavaScript
+                ↓              ↓
+            ds-types       ds-layout
+          (type checker)  (Cassowary solver)
+```
+
+### What Works Today
+
+| Feature | Syntax | Status |
+|---------|--------|--------|
+| Signals | `let count = 0` | ✅ Fine-grained, auto-tracked |
+| Derived | `let doubled = count * 2` | ✅ Lazy |
+| Interpolation | `"Count: {count}"` | ✅ Reactive |
+| Conditional | `when count > 5 -> text "hi"` | ✅ Mount/unmount |
+| If/else | `if x then a else b` | ✅ |
+| Match | `match state \| Loading -> ...` | ✅ |
+| List rendering | `for item in items -> text item` | ✅ Reactive |
+| Components | `component Card(title) = ...` | ✅ Props |
+| Effects | `effect fetch(id): Result` / `perform` | ✅ Algebraic |
+| Streams | `debounce`, `throttle`, `distinct` | ✅ |
+| Springs | `spring(target: 0, stiffness: 300)` | ✅ Physics |
+| Layout | Cassowary constraint solver | ✅ |
+| Types | `Signal<Int>`, `Derived<Bool>` | ✅ Hindley-Milner |
+| Dev server | `dreamstack dev app.ds` | ✅ HMR |
+
+### DreamStack vs React
+
+| | **DreamStack** | **React** |
+|---|---|---|
+| Reactivity | Fine-grained signals, surgical DOM | VDOM diff, re-render subtrees |
+| State | `count += 1` direct | `setState(c => c+1)` immutable |
+| Derived | `let d = count * 2` auto | `useMemo(() => ..., [deps])` manual |
+| Effects | Auto-tracked, algebraic | `useEffect(..., [deps])` manual |
+| Conditional | `when x -> text "y"` | `{x && <span>y</span>}` |
+| Lists | `for item in items -> ...` | `{items.map(i => ...)}` |
+| Animation | Built-in springs | framer-motion (external) |
+| Layout | Built-in Cassowary | CSS only |
+| Types | Native HM, `Signal<T>` | TypeScript (external) |
+| Bundle | **~7KB** | **~175KB** |
+| Ecosystem | New | Massive |
+
+### Benchmarks (signal propagation)
+
+| Benchmark | Ops/sec | Signals |
+|-----------|---------|---------|
+| Wide Fan-Out (1→1000) | 46K | 1,001 |
+| Deep Chain (100 deep) | 399K | 100 |
+| Diamond Dependency | 189K | 4 |
+| Batch Update (50) | 61K | 50 |
+| Mixed Read/Write | 242K | 10 |
+
+### Examples
+
+`counter.ds` · `list.ds` · `todomvc.html` · `search.html` · `dashboard.html` · `playground.html` · `showcase.html` · `benchmarks.html`
+
+---
+
 ## Vision
 
 React was revolutionary in 2013. But it carries a decade of compromises: the virtual DOM, hooks with manual dependency arrays, re-rendering entire subtrees, CSS from 1996, animations bolted on as an afterthought. DreamStack asks: **what would we build today if none of that existed?**