Maybe you have the luxury of users who want applications that have all the reactivity of a DMV form, but in my apps at some point I'll need the very simple pric

Maybe you have the luxury of users who want applications that have all the reactivity of a DMV form, but in my apps at some point I'll need the very simple priciple of "do something complex when this value changes" and reimplement useState/useEffect in an ad-hoc manner anyways. I'm more of a backend/embedded developer than a web developer and I still honestly don't get how people find useState/useEffect as intimidating as your comment makes them out to be.