While integrating TanStack Form with schema validation libraries like Zod, I ran into a subtle type system gap that caused validation errors to silently fail. Here's how I diagnosed the issue and built a type-safe wrapper to prevent it from happening again.

After years of working with react-hook-form, I made the switch to TanStack Form and built a reusable component library around it on top of my company's existing form components. Here are the patterns I landed on for binding these components to form state, creating intelligent buttons with automated loading states, and lazy-loading fields for better performance.