Well of course I've created my own abstraction... that's what programming is. I prefer to keep my abstractions simple and light, and preferably built using low

Well of course I've created my own abstraction... that's what programming is. I prefer to keep my abstractions simple and light, and preferably built using lower level libraries. If I can build a powerful component system in 150 lines of jQuery (and it would be barely more in vanilla js), I much rather do that than than import a 30kb + library. There are plenty of 4kb react alternatives to choose from. Most with vastly simpler APIs. Choo.js or Mithril come to mind :)