The reason React Sucks Donkey Balls is that it introduces fake standards like JSX and complex toolchains that transpile to JS... Fuck that shit. These are gross hacks. 

Learn JavaScript, Learn CSS, Learn HTML, Learn Standards.

Learn that everything React does in its disgusting JSX / transpiled way and all of the reactive bits of react are now in the browser.

You Don't Need A Build Step Anymore

You can just write Web Components and never use Babel or Webpack again

I dare you