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Nothing wrong with Async/Await and zustand, the thing is that it doesn't maintain complexity as more sources are added, let me try to give you an example of the
by spaceribs 6y ago
Nothing wrong with Async/Await and zustand, the thing is that it doesn't maintain complexity as more sources are added, let me try to give you an example of the problem that Async/await solves versus what RxJS solves.
Say I'm installing a toilet, I need to go out and buy one from the hardware store, remove the old toilet, install the new one, and finally test that it works. It's a linear process that could easily be constructed via a series of async/awaits, and I wouldn't use RxJS to model the behavior.
Now, say I'm building a bathroom. You have a shower head, a sink, a toilet, light fixtures, power outlets, tiling, a door, and a window. You have a bunch of contractors. Now you're dealing with N number of sources, N number of tasks that can possibly done in parallel, and N number of possible things you could do in that bathroom depending on how much the bathroom is finished (for instance, if just the plumbing, floor and sink are complete, I can wash my hands)
This was always a hard problem, and not one that is especially appreciated, but I can tell you from experience that attempting to just use promises or async/await is not a scalable pattern.