[gloryjulio]

Many years ago, I used Redux to build real time streaming data processing layer. Basically I need to receive, merge, and process multiple data streams into a single realtime data pool. After that,consuming the realtime data becomes dead easy.

Even now I am not sure I could find a better tool to deal with real time data and synchronization. But for simple crud Redux is mostly overkill

[hirako2000]

https://rxjs.dev/guide/observer

[gloryjulio]

True but rx was even more niche than redux. It was much easier to hire redux devs

[hirako2000]

you got to the crux of it. Redux became a trend, surfing on its popularity at a time React wasn't providing the reactive piece it needed, plus the time machine demo just amazed everyone. The author got his job at Facebook. It carried millions of developers to use that lib, the author even said it isn't necessarily the go to mechanism, but hiring manager stuck with the idea that all projects redux magicians, since all projects needed React.

For the anecdote, I remember my manager admitting we can't fix the legacy app, but we can put lipstick on the pig with React.