[shipscode]

I'm in the same boat. Redux + Pre-Hook React was very legible & straightforward... Post hooks React is strong on theory but weak on substance, and I've gone to just jQuery and Python for my latest project.

I did migrate my last project the barebones JS MVP -> React and regretted it immensely. It took about a month and didn't provide enough value to make it worth it.

[seattle_spring]

Complex Higher Order Components are some of the least readable and least straightforward code I've ever been exposed to.

[datavirtue]

I tried to learn React during the transition. Thankfully I had the authority to nope-out after trying to build a few apps with it and running into nothing but tons of arguing online when trying to search for help on what I thought would be an easy five minute task: to find out the best way to track state in my app.

[shipscode]

Yeeeep. The arguing by clout chasers was the worst part.