It does allow different ways of writing code and I agree that projects can be quite different architecture wise, but if I look at a component, I can be fairly c

It does allow different ways of writing code and I agree that projects can be quite different architecture wise, but if I look at a component, I can be fairly certain that: - Its return value is a some kind of UI (I know about contexts) - Not using hooks, the variables in the JSX are side effect free - Using hooks will trigger a state update or you can prevent one - A re-rendered component re-renders the whole subtree I meant that these few assumptions are shared in a project by every developer touching the project and they must work with these in mind. Abusing these will result in a rejected PR. Can you still write bad react code? Absolutely, but at least I don't have to go back Adam and Eve to find what the hell is going on.