diff --git a/api/mount-redraw.js b/api/mount-redraw.js
index 4f7d0f606..846f93d92 100644
--- a/api/mount-redraw.js
+++ b/api/mount-redraw.js
@@ -4,10 +4,33 @@ var Vnode = require("../render/vnode")
 
 module.exports = function(render, schedule, console) {
 	var subscriptions = []
+	var microSubscribers = new Map();
 	var pending = false
 	var offset = -1
 
-	function sync() {
+
+	function reactive(component) {
+		function saveOldVdom() {
+			microSubscribers.set(component, this);
+		}
+		component.view = component.view.bind(component);
+		component.postupdate = saveOldVdom;
+		component.postcreate = saveOldVdom;
+
+		return component;
+	}
+
+	function sync(component) {
+		if(component){
+			const oldComponent = microSubscribers.get(component);
+			if(oldComponent){
+				const dom = oldComponent.dom.parentElement;
+				dom.vnodes = [oldComponent];
+				try { render(dom, Vnode(component), redraw, oldComponent.dom.nextSibling) }
+				catch (e) { console.error(e) }
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		for (offset = 0; offset < subscriptions.length; offset += 2) {
 			try { render(subscriptions[offset], Vnode(subscriptions[offset + 1]), redraw) }
 			catch (e) { console.error(e) }
@@ -15,12 +38,12 @@ module.exports = function(render, schedule, console) {
 		offset = -1
 	}
 
-	function redraw() {
+	function redraw(component) {
 		if (!pending) {
 			pending = true
 			schedule(function() {
 				pending = false
-				sync()
+				sync(component)
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -45,5 +68,5 @@ module.exports = function(render, schedule, console) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return {mount: mount, redraw: redraw}
+	return {mount: mount, redraw: redraw, reactive: reactive}
 }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b6ca3406a..4a5a6baff 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ m.Fragment = "["
 m.mount = mountRedraw.mount
 m.route = require("./route")
 m.render = require("./render")
+m.reactive = mountRedraw.reactive
 m.redraw = mountRedraw.redraw
 m.request = request.request
 m.parseQueryString = require("./querystring/parse")
diff --git a/reactive.js b/reactive.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15588ae40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"use strict"
+
+module.exports = require("./mount-redraw").reactive
diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index d9b0f9d76..91e8e89d0 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ module.exports = function() {
 		else {
 			vnode.domSize = 0
 		}
+		// postcreate is called after the component is created
+		if(vnode.tag.postcreate) vnode.tag.postcreate.apply(vnode);
 	}
 
 	//update
@@ -478,6 +480,8 @@ module.exports = function() {
 			vnode.dom = old.dom
 			vnode.domSize = old.domSize
 		}
+		// postupdate is called after the component is updated
+		if(vnode.tag.postupdate) vnode.tag.postupdate.apply(vnode);
 	}
 	function getKeyMap(vnodes, start, end) {
 		var map = Object.create(null)
@@ -883,7 +887,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 
 	var currentDOM
 
-	return function(dom, vnodes, redraw) {
+	return function(dom, vnodes, redraw, nextSibling = null) {
 		if (!dom) throw new TypeError("DOM element being rendered to does not exist.")
 		if (currentDOM != null && dom.contains(currentDOM)) {
 			throw new TypeError("Node is currently being rendered to and thus is locked.")
@@ -901,7 +905,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 			// First time rendering into a node clears it out
 			if (dom.vnodes == null) dom.textContent = ""
 			vnodes = Vnode.normalizeChildren(Array.isArray(vnodes) ? vnodes : [vnodes])
-			updateNodes(dom, dom.vnodes, vnodes, hooks, null, namespace === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ? undefined : namespace)
+			updateNodes(dom, dom.vnodes, vnodes, hooks, nextSibling, namespace === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ? undefined : namespace)
 			dom.vnodes = vnodes
 			// `document.activeElement` can return null: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#dom-document-activeelement
 			if (active != null && activeElement(dom) !== active && typeof active.focus === "function") active.focus()