This article is disappointingly short. While I agree that React stuff can be done with vanilla HTML and JS for me at least it has been a dramatic improvement i

This article is disappointingly short. While I agree that React stuff can be done with vanilla HTML and JS for me at least it has been a dramatic improvement in code quality and productivity. And this coming from someone who refused to use jQuery for Ajax when it first came out, I don't jump on bandwagons lightly. I also haven't seen performance issues assuming you remember to turn off debug in production. But that is not to say there isn't any. But everyone has their own experiences. I will say, I don't know if you can call it a tax when no one is forcing your startup to use it.