[luord]

> My pet peeve with react is that I can't just code. I have to stop every 10 steps and reflect on the tool I use, instead of the problem I'm trying to solve.

Thank you! Every time I've tried react (and enough attempts were made to finally decide it was just not for me), there was always something in the back of my mind that I didn't like and I just couldn't put it to words. You just described what it was.

And, if one forgoes tooling, then the situation is like the one you described in your previous comment: an afternoon just to get a "Hello world".