> Debugging is painful. You forget one value in your dependency list and the weirdest things happen

This should never happen. The only downside to hooks is that the eslint plugin is _required_, not optional. It is not worth the pain without it, but you'll be in a Whole New World once you do it. Since you can auto-fix every time, it'll become second nature and you'll never forget a dependency again. You can focus on getting your application to work.