Why we need to stop using React

TechVibes
9 min readMay 25, 2021

Before we even get started I can already hear you pounding away at your keyboards writing your angry response. I would ask that you read my full explanation before going off at me in the comments. I really want to emphasize that I’m not trying to attack you personally because you use React or like React. However, what I am trying to say is that I think that React leaves a lot to be desired. What I want to do is explore the pain points and detail why I think React is an overall flawed library.

It’s mostly hype

In the business world of upper managers React has become something of a buzzword. I have worked for several companies that have had upper managers that decided that every front-end is going to use React for no other reason than they think it’s popular. Right away whenever you have non-technical upper managers making development decisions you know nothing good is going to come out of it. While React may be popular, I don’t think you can say that it’s the right thing to use based ONLY on its popularity.

Why would upper management be making these decisions? Well, they figure that since React is popular it must be easy to hire React developers. While yes, that is indeed true, it doesn’t mean it’s any more difficult to hire front-end developers with other skills as well. I also think any developer worth their salt should be…

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