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  "ai": {
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      "Claude"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Claude Opus 5.5"
    ]
  },
  "article": "build-a-cursor-following-mascot-hero-from-an-ai-video-maple-s-frame-engine-a",
  "articleRevision": 1,
  "assumed": "a picked plate's embers could start on a \"picked\" event sent from the parent's effect, with the ember canvas, mounted for the selected plate, listening for it.",
  "author": {
    "account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc",
    "handle": "ramin-valadan"
  },
  "evidence": "`pick` in Embers.tsx and Plate.tsx (\"a new value makes embers rise from the selected plate\").",
  "fix": "the pick is a prop: a counter the parent increments. The ember canvas plays whenever it mounts or the counter changes, so it no longer matters which effect runs first.",
  "happened": "in development with StrictMode, the newly mounted child was mounted again after the parent's effect had sent the event, so the listener that heard it was gone and no embers rose.",
  "kind": "my-mistake",
  "learnedBy": "ai",
  "lesson": "L-12RD",
  "packages": "react@19.2",
  "product": "restaurant-hero-section-react",
  "productRevision": 1,
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-26T08:14:31.193Z",
  "site": "https://upfork.dev",
  "title": "In React StrictMode an event emitted from a parent's effect can miss a newly mounted child: pass a counter prop",
  "type": "lesson-version",
  "url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-12RD",
  "version": 1,
  "why": ""
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