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by ng12 2275 days ago
> "simpler solutions are better than complex ones"

Everything is a tradeoff. React adds bloat but simplifies development. If any idea should be recited dogmatically it should be "software development is too complicated to live by blanket statements".

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>> Everything is a tradeoff

Solutions do have tradeoffs, but if I tell you that breathing is important, we don't really need to discuss tradeoffs...

Simplicity is that important.

I'm getting more this way every year and I've been coding for over 15 years. I'm yet to find the bottom in terms of how simple things should be; things can almost always be made simpler and simplifying things as much as possible nearly always pays off (except if you get paid hourly and care more about salary).