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Re:Show HN: React component for blurred backgrounds by simplify on Friday April 03, 2015 @05:50PM (#9318804)
> It makes it harder to read the code

I think it makes it much easier to read the code. Assigning it to a variable gives a nice, short description of what you're actually working with.

Re:Show HN: React component for blurred backgrounds by lfuller on Friday April 03, 2015 @07:05PM (#9319111)
By using arrow functions it's simply implied that the top level context is always being used. You don't have to define what "this" is, since it's always "this".