What you just said really struck a chord with me. I do tend to ignore state because it's less accessible. The result is that my code gets more esoteric and abst

What you just said really struck a chord with me. I do tend to ignore state because it's less accessible. The result is that my code gets more esoteric and abstract while the changes I need to make to state come very slowly. On the other hand I've made spreadsheets as complicated as small applications I've made, but the cognitive load feels significantly lighter. How can we bring state forward during development?