You all will hate this: I've been a pro coder for 44 years, at a high level. I was an early Assembly programmer on the pre-release Mac in '83, a 3D graphics res

You all will hate this: I've been a pro coder for 44 years, at a high level. I was an early Assembly programmer on the pre-release Mac in '83, a 3D graphics researcher during most of the 80's, OS developer for 3D0 & the first PlayStation, and quite a bit more. I have over 40 high profile commercial applications published. I think React creates needless complexity. The software I write is complex by it's nature, I do not need the software I create my application within to exponentially increase that complexity. React does not just let one write code and create one's application, React dictates how the code is written, and if that does not fit with one's application structure you must change it. And React developers cannot wrap their heads around anything other than React's dictated way to write React, so... they are useless. So, what do I use: nothing. I just write html/css with direct DOM access via js, very minimally. Dicking around with the web page is the least priority of the applications I write, and the freedom to create the application structure as the purpose of the application dictates is far more important to my clients. Plus, I do not write consumer click bait vehicle software, I write software for people to accomplish things, typically complex things of the nature an engineer, designer, or architect would use.