Yup. React is a tool so that thousands of people can speak the same language about a big codebase. That's what it's for, that's the only thing it's (arguably) g

Yup. React is a tool so that thousands of people can speak the same language about a big codebase. That's what it's for, that's the only thing it's (arguably) good at. If you want to pretend otherwise you're left to these sorts of mental gymnastics to make the evidence fit your assumptions.