[hardwaresofton]

Thanks for explaining so much about the process -- I didn't mean that the code was bad, just that there was an unexpected amount of growth.

But hearing what was being dealt with (those blog posts) definitely clears things up for me -- Also as the other commenter mentioned, react is aiming for so much more than the DOM (react native was a visionary/revolutionary achievement IMO, not even trying to blow smoke, I think at this point that's pretty much a fact) it makes sense why and how react has grown the way it has.

Thanks for taking time to clear up my misunderstanding/where I was wrong