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Re:Kind of annoyed at React by vinniepukh on Sunday January 14, 2024 @08:34PM (#38996385)
React was a massive improvement over Ember.js, Backbone.js and their ilk, which at the time as a young dev I couldn’t grasp by myself.

React, however just clicked. f(state) = UI just makes sense

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Re:Kind of annoyed at React by shutupnerd0000 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @09:41PM (#38996883)
Which is not at all how it works in practice. In a large React codebase you have state scattered throughout contexts, GraphQL caches and complex hook dependency trees.

Throw in SSR and component memoization and you really have no idea what caused a UI change to occur.

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