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by brundolf 1956 days ago
From my original post (emphasis added):

> The fundamental challenge of GUIs is that they have state as a core concern. Unlike most systems, state is not an implementation detail that can be refactored away.

I do talk about "unifying state"; eliminating "accidental" state. But any UI that allows for interaction also has essential state which can't be refactored away.