I have built real world applications with React (consumer, insurance, B2B, I work at Facebook using React currently). I've handled some pretty crazy edge cases.

I have built real world applications with React (consumer, insurance, B2B, I work at Facebook using React currently). I've handled some pretty crazy edge cases. I've never felt I needed something like hooks. The example you gave me sounds just fine for a "smart/dumb" component pattern[0]. If you need something between props and redux, there's plenty of existing options that work fine. React context and the render props pattern come to mind. 0. https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/smart-and-dumb-components-7ca2f9a7c7d0 https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/smart-and-dumb-components-7c... (The author of this blog post pushes hooks now yet the pattern works well in most cases)