[deckard1]

> It solves a class of problems in React that are unheard of in other frameworks.

It really seems that way. If your only way forward for your library is to throw everything out and introduce an entirely new (and hacky) paradigm, then you know you're on some incredibly shaky ground.

The old lifecycle methods surely had their issues, but I feel I'm done with React. I'm at my limit. I feel like it was barely a year ago we were re-learning the new new lifecycle methods that were supposed to fix everything. Hooks are just about the most janky ass shit I've ever seen from the JS community.

I can't believe I have to write this out. But functions do not have state. Functions. Do. Not. Have. State. It's not functional programming. It's not even functions with closures. It's some mutant bastard that needs to be killed in the crib already.