Haha I should have mentioned this probably but yes I use redux a lot. The thing is that I suspect that the vast majority of people mix and match redux and local state. And what I have in mind is a strict, 100%, no exceptions separation. Just for experimentation purposes.

> The disadvantage is that handling asynchronous effects is unclear.

To be honest to me this is one of the areas where redux really shines. I've had great success with both redux-saga and redux-observable