kriskowal/gtor resource
A General Theory of Reactivity observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
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How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4407
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- days_push: 3194
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3067 stars · 115 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
An essay and presentation by Kris Kowal that builds a unified conceptual taxonomy of reactivity, covering values, promises, streams, and observables in JavaScript. It is educational material rather than a runnable library, last updated around 2017.
Use cases
- understand the difference between promises and observables
- learn reactive programming concepts from first principles
- compare streams, promises, and observables in JavaScript
- prepare for a talk or article on functional reactive programming
- find a unifying theory of async primitives in JS
When to choose
- you want a conceptual foundation for reactive programming in JavaScript
- you need a clear taxonomy of promises, streams, and observables
- you are teaching or writing about async patterns
When to avoid
- you need a production reactive library like RxJS or Most.js
- you want actively maintained code or examples
- you need framework-specific reactive state management
Facets
learning-resource · maturity abandoned
developer-tools documentation programming-languages tutorials developer-tools cross-platform reactive-programming promises observables streams functional-reactive-programming essay javascript nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kriskowal/gtor · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9491e3ea78a0
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