the fact that the author spent so much time/money/effort to learn react, and it still isn't clicking... I don't think that's a good sign. I think react has an a

the fact that the author spent so much time/money/effort to learn react, and it still isn't clicking... I don't think that's a good sign. I think react has an approachability problem - maybe it's a design feature, or an issue of speed and documentation. Obviously, react works for some people. It clicks with them. But I think a lot of folks prefer something with more clarity. Things change so fast that guides go out of date and devs/codebases fall behind on whats best practice. and this isn't without significant costs on the people who are trying to learn or maintain. Conversely, Frameworks like Rails (<3) and Vue.js are powerful but more natural to pickup, with a clearer surface area and better docs. Also different problem spaces in some sense too. My point is: It doesn't have to be this way. This mess is man-made and not beyond clean-up, but doing so may require some changes.