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0 pointspatates6mo ago0 comments

Javascript has warts, React has warts, Svelte has warts, Python has warts... It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot in any tech - it's leaky abstractions all the way down after all.

useEffect usage needs to die, yes. I don't think it's a case against React, given its age.

Otherwise, using React is straightforward. I started coding in it without reading any docs. As someone who used Dojo, prototype, ext.js, jQuery (+UI), Backbone.js, knockout (still has a special place), Mithril, the classic angular, vue (2), svelte, Marko and even Solid (I'm not totally sold on signals), React is the most straightforward by a mile.

Is it the most performant? Hell no. Is it the one with the least gotchas/warts? Nope. Concise? A giant no. Batteries included? It depends on what you're looking for...

But I can just be productive with it, and it makes sense.

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thedelanyo6mo ago

A child who hasn't tasted other mom's food always say, my mom is the best cook in the world.

You saying you can be productive in react is just ironic. I just read it as, I can be employable using React.

patatesOP6mo ago

My brain does this sometimes, sorry :) I meant to say, "I can just be productive immediately in React". Not going to edit though.

edit: also about the moms cooking analogy... With many of those libs/frameworks, I have much more experience with than react.

TrnsltLife6mo ago

We need to determine which framework is most productive while suffering from Mommy brain.

thedelanyo6mo ago

You like jokes

sfn426mo ago

Bro lists like 8 different moms whose food he has, then says he likes react-moms food, and you make it sound like that's the only thing he's ever had. Did you even read the comment you replied to?

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0 pointspatates6mo ago0 comments

Javascript has warts, React has warts, Svelte has warts, Python has warts... It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot in any tech - it's leaky abstractions all the way down after all.

useEffect usage needs to die, yes. I don't think it's a case against React, given its age.

Is it the most performant? Hell no. Is it the one with the least gotchas/warts? Nope. Concise? A giant no. Batteries included? It depends on what you're looking for...

But I can just be productive with it, and it makes sense.

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thedelanyo6mo ago

A child who hasn't tasted other mom's food always say, my mom is the best cook in the world.

You saying you can be productive in react is just ironic. I just read it as, I can be employable using React.

patatesOP6mo ago

My brain does this sometimes, sorry :) I meant to say, "I can just be productive immediately in React". Not going to edit though.

edit: also about the moms cooking analogy... With many of those libs/frameworks, I have much more experience with than react.

TrnsltLife6mo ago

We need to determine which framework is most productive while suffering from Mommy brain.

thedelanyo6mo ago

You like jokes

sfn426mo ago

Bro lists like 8 different moms whose food he has, then says he likes react-moms food, and you make it sound like that's the only thing he's ever had. Did you even read the comment you replied to?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse