I was super interested in hooks when they first came out. But after a short honeymoon period I noticed all the complex rules, exceptions, caveats, and footguns,

I was super interested in hooks when they first came out. But after a short honeymoon period I noticed all the complex rules, exceptions, caveats, and footguns, and I wondered how the React team ever thought this was something you could put into the hands on new developers and expect them to not run into trouble. It reminds me of teachers who have been teaching so long that they don't understand what it's like to be new to the subject any more. It's called The Curse of Knowledge cognitive bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge