It's fine to work with higher layers of abstraction, but you should get some value out of it. What I think happened is that React just removed some work from lo

It's fine to work with higher layers of abstraction, but you should get some value out of it. What I think happened is that React just removed some work from lower layers and created even more work at a higher abstraction layer. I would say that React gives you more work in terms of cognitive load and also in terms of development time if you look at it on a medium to long time-frame.