Quite the condemation of React and “frameworkism” in frontend web development. I’m not a frontend guy, but I do poke through the code from time to time, and it’s mindboggling how complicated it is. And for what? Is it for any specific engineering decision that are relevant to us? Or is it just because “Facebook does it?”
Speaking of which, if you read anything from this post, read the “But” section. An excellent set of rebuttals for why React may not be a good default choice.
Oh, and also the first footnote. I had no idea that some of React’s design decisions came about because of IE 6. The ghost of Microsoft’s shitty browser continues to haunt us all.