Comment by skydhash

React is opinionated. The whole point of the library is having UI updates being driven by state mutation. When I hear complain about the hooks, I ask about what is the state, and where do mutations occur, and usually, I get blank stares in returns.

It's all about the state. `useState` is the starting point (adding new items to the state set), `useEffect` for tying the UI to external systems, `useMemo` for state transformation, `useRef` for storing stuff outside of the state you want to react to,... Then you use custom hooks to make the code modular, stuff like usePost, useProfile, useCommentUpvote,... (HN domain)

If you design your state well, the application, at least the UI layer, becomes easy to code and maintain.