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Mine is that the useState hook is an actual plague on the entire React ecosystem. Regardless of your opinions of React, if you wanna use something then use it right.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is not viable to expect 80s/90s level code optimisation in 10's/20's software.

Yes you could in theory, but with deadlines and security requirements you realistically cannot!

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

JavaScript is a chaos gremlin but it's MY chaos gremlin and I wouldn't change it for the world

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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Java is overall a good language for getting things done, although not enjoyable to work with (thank god we have Clojure)

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[–] FedX@quokk.au 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A good programmer doesn't need the internet.

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