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by array_key_first 259 days ago
The problem comes in when the complexity is both not optional and not rational.

Hooks do not work as real functions. They are magic. Why are they magic? I don't know, they certainly don't need to be. What state do they change? I don't know. Why do they look pure but actually mutate the application states? I don't know.

Why is react not reactive? Why is it if I change state the entire website rerenders? I don't know. React has a virtual dom. It knows when I change state because I have to tell it, manually. And then... It doesn't use those.

But it's okay, because you can `useMemo`. Why do I have to do that? I don't know.

Evidently I don't have to do that, because react has a compiler that does it automatically now. Why can't react just do it? I don't know. Clearly it's possible. And also every other framework does it.

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There are real functional libraries like Effect, pretend functional library like React and just honest old style library like MobX. I think I know my preferred style.