[solardev]

It's not that I mind learning new things, it's that React is so barebones everyone tries to make it complete by adding different things. One person likes redux, another mobx, another context... some like class components and others like functions, some use libraries and other use frameworks, etc. Sometimes all in one codebase if it's old enough. It's a lot harder to maintain over time than a more opinionated framework. I wish Angular won out, myself.

[boredtofears]

It's all just javascript at the end of the day. What you're describing is exactly why many people like React.

> It's a lot harder to maintain over time than a more opinionated framework.

That's not true at all, that depends on the quality of the codebase the exact same as if it were built on an opinionated framework. I've seen plenty of bloated Rails codebases that were miserable to maintain.