Pfft. AngularJS 1.0 was the first time I felt I could try to build a real quality app with web tech without going crazy. Then I hit the wall with its crusty 2

Pfft. AngularJS 1.0 was the first time I felt I could try to build a real quality app with web tech without going crazy. Then I hit the wall with its crusty 2-way binding system, learned react, and never looked back. Now I can do state manipulation tricks that would make past me's eyes pop out. Like wiring up undo/redo to a complex tree manipulation app by replacing a useState call with a useUndoableState, and describing every mutation in my app as a mix of data and lambdas, which can be reversed automatically without any custom code. The building blocks are here: https://usegpu.live/docs/reference-live-@use-gpu-state https://usegpu.live/docs/reference-live-@use-gpu-state React has done so much for the web, people don't even know how shitty it used to be. If all you're doing is building the same old websites, with the same old form-based interactions, instead of trying to put desktop-quality software on the web, then yeah it's overkill. But don't tell me you're upset because you don't understand what this stuff is for and you've just been cargoculting for years. That's a you problem.