docs(blog): add draft post on RSC as a protocol before an architecture

[tannerlinsley]

Summary

• New draft blog post: "RSC Is a Protocol Before It Is an Architecture"
• Adds two SVG figures (composition models, Flight cache pipeline) under public/blog-assets/rsc-is-a-protocol-before-it-is-an-architecture/
• Marked draft: true so it does not appear on the public blog index

Test plan

• Verify post is hidden from blog index (draft filter)
• Preview draft locally and confirm both SVG figures render

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a new comprehensive blog article exploring React Server Components as a flexible network protocol. Covers multiple architectural approaches, composition patterns, transparent caching strategies, deeper integration with broader application pipelines, practical decision-making guidance, and best practices for implementing the most suitable approach for your specific requirements and use cases.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A new blog article is added introducing React Server Components (RSC) as a network serialization protocol rather than a fixed architecture. The post contrasts server-owned and client-owned composition models, discusses RSC as a primitive within a broader development pipeline, and provides guidance on caching strategies and model selection.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Blog Article: RSC Protocol Overview src/blog/rsc-is-a-protocol-before-it-is-an-architecture.md	New article (275 lines) presenting RSC as a serialization protocol, contrasting composition models (use client directive vs. client-owned Composite Components), explaining transparent caching in TanStack Start, and providing practical guidance on when to use each model.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Poem

🐰 A protocol speaks, not fixed in stone—
RSC trees of shared and own,
Server and client dance as one,
Through Flight and cache, the work is done!
Wisdom rendered, fresh and bright,
Makes React servers feel just right! ✨

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: adding a draft blog post about RSC. It is specific, concise, and clearly indicates both the type of change (docs/blog) and the primary topic.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch taren/nifty-bohr-e19bb1

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

src/blog/rsc-is-a-protocol-before-it-is-an-architecture.md (1)

16-273: Run one editorial pass for compound-adjective hyphenation consistency.

There are many recurring phrases that should be hyphenated for readability and style consistency (e.g., Line 16 non-JSON, Line 16/52/95+ server-owned, Line 32/149+ client-owned, Line 24/62+ server-rendered, Line 52/233 SEO-driven, Line 217 client-side, Line 239 data-rich, Line 183 platform-owned, Line 189 deployment-specific).

✍️ Suggested pattern examples

- non JSON
+ non-JSON

- server owned tree
+ server-owned tree

- client owned model
+ client-owned model

- server rendered content
+ server-rendered content

- SEO driven pages
+ SEO-driven pages

- client side store
+ client-side store

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/blog/rsc-is-a-protocol-before-it-is-an-architecture.md` around lines 16 -
273, Run an editorial pass across the document to consistently hyphenate
compound adjectives: change instances like "non JSON" to "non-JSON", "server
owned" to "server-owned", "client owned" to "client-owned", "server rendered" to
"server-rendered", "SEO driven" to "SEO-driven", "client side" to "client-side",
"data rich" to "data-rich", "platform owned" to "platform-owned", and
"deployment specific" to "deployment-specific" (search for these exact
unhyphenated phrases from the diff and update them throughout the file to the
hyphenated forms for consistency).

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/blog/rsc-is-a-protocol-before-it-is-an-architecture.md`:
- Around line 16-273: Run an editorial pass across the document to consistently
hyphenate compound adjectives: change instances like "non JSON" to "non-JSON",
"server owned" to "server-owned", "client owned" to "client-owned", "server
rendered" to "server-rendered", "SEO driven" to "SEO-driven", "client side" to
"client-side", "data rich" to "data-rich", "platform owned" to "platform-owned",
and "deployment specific" to "deployment-specific" (search for these exact
unhyphenated phrases from the diff and update them throughout the file to the
hyphenated forms for consistency).

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📥 Commits

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⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (2)

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