I am proposing that, in many cases, data is trivially representable as document elements. Lots of websites don't actually have much state to store -- at least i

I am proposing that, in many cases, data is trivially representable as document elements. Lots of websites don't actually have much state to store -- at least in terms of the front-end developer's idea of state, of course you often need a database and user sessions and stuff -- beyond what's currently being shown on the page (and occasionally display:none'd, reordered, or scrolled off-screen). "State management" is a problem you think you have only because you're trying to use React for things it isn't good at.