This is needlessly pedantic. useRef/useEffect are tools to implement the model on top of an imperative reality. Things like canvas rendering APIs don't have a p

This is needlessly pedantic. useRef/useEffect are tools to implement the model on top of an imperative reality. Things like canvas rendering APIs don't have a pure interface, but it's still obviously very useful to provide one (hence libraries like react-konva and react-three-fiber).