[swsieber]

I think what StimulusJS is supposed to bring to the table is that it watches the DOM for you, so you don't have to manage the integration or setup of the interactivity/app framework, providing a very easy way to integrate StimulusJS with your current Turbolinks setup.

That being said, I do have to worry about memory leaks.

[nailer]

It watches the DOM for you, since that's where state is, but every other thing watches the JS for you, because that's where the state is. I don't see the advantage.

[simplify]

If you watch the DOM then it might be more compatible with things like jQuery plugins, which operate directly on the DOM instead of your JS object in memory somewhere.