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		ikrenji 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: React is winning by default and slowing innovation so you want to avoid using a framework in order to basically code something in pure JS that does what the framework does? whats the point of that?

spartanatreyu 7 months ago | [–]

I think the point is to not have to untangle another developer's middleware in a router from a bunch of state when all you needed was an anchor tag.

rossant 7 months ago | [–]

The point is to avoid dependency hell and take full responsibility for the entire codebase instead of delegating it to third parties.

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