Virtually all of the biggest websites on the internet are build with react. It has completely changed modern web development. React may have it's flaws, but calling react garbage is insane 

 Virtually all of the biggest countries on earth are run by egolomaniacs. It has completely changed the modern slave and feudal system. Democratic Socialism may have it's flaws, but calling it garbage is insane.

ok...

React is not ideal, and we can do better. 

 So because it's used a lot, it's not a bad way to do things? 

Virtually all defi is built on Ethereum. Ethereum completely changed crypto development. It may have its flaws but to call it garbage is insane. 

Do you see the fallacy? 

FYI, I don't think React is garbage. I think virtually most of the websites that are built with it, simply don't need it and are overly complicated for no reason. React is an adjustable wrench. It will never be as good as just using the right size for the task at hand.  

 Suppose I’m building an internal dashboard, with requirements that change over time, and the developers come and go (i.e. I don’t want a steep learning curve).
React became the language that all developers learn to call themselves “Frontend Developers”.
Sorry for the mediocre approach, but the alternative has to be so much better that it would worth paying a developer that never learned it to use it.
Typescript was such a success because it’s really not that different from the Javascript that programmers already know. 

 Why do you need a framework at all to build an internal dashboard? Just use python and build what you need. 

 A web dashboard with menus, tables, charts, alerts, forms, popups, authentication & authorization, etc. 

 I'm doing this now from scratch with Go and HTMX. No framework. Use the general purpose language that you are most firmiliar with. It will take longer in the beginning but it will be more performant and less dependent when you want to add other things in the future.  

 Good developers know languages, not frameworks.  

 Good developers are expensive. How can I create a reasonable dashboard with mediocre developers? https://image.nostr.build/e8859473cdf8972f039d8c09268f06797132aceb004ab471af44caccfb391a35.jpg  

 If you want a mediocre dashboard then sure, use react. I'm not into building mediocre things.  

 They lend themselves to being dependant on workarounds when the framework doesn't do something the way you want. 

Workarounds are time sinks. Rewriting your entire app, doubly so. So start small and build on that.