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		satvikpendem on March 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: React is holding me hostage Most people who use React don't understand idempotency, in my experience. Without understanding that fundamental concept, and that that React will blow away the tree and recreate it (albeit efficiently), one will not understand React.

golergka on March 9, 2023 | [–]

Yes, most people are idiots and most developers can't solve fizzbuzz, but that's not the problem of React.

activitypea on March 9, 2023 | [–]

I think most people can intuit it, they just don't have the FP lingo. I still don't understand what a newcomer would expect that piece of code to do.

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