[8note]

Ive probably been doing it wrong, but isn't useEffect needed to make any hooks work? useState does nothing most of the time

[recursive]

No. `useState` returns the value of the state, and a setter. It's not about side effects, it's about the value. The returned setter triggers a re-render. That's not nothing.

[kaoD]

https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect