Redux does deliberately add some indirection and overhead to things, but that tends to stay constant as the app increases in complexity. In other words, if you

Redux does deliberately add some indirection and overhead to things, but that tends to stay constant as the app increases in complexity. In other words, if you're just writing a TodoMVC app, then it's probably going to seem like a pain. As the app scales, the consistency and behavior usually winds up as a net benefit. The Redux FAQ has an entry on "scaling" [0], and my React/Redux links list has a large section on Redux architecture and best practices [1]. [0] http://redux.js.org/docs/faq/Performance.html#performance-scaling http://redux.js.org/docs/faq/Performance.html#performance-sc... [1] https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master/redux-architecture.md https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master...