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 Why is react bad now?  
 Ask the AI 
 It suggested to me to write my website in React Native. Is that the same thing? 
 React has always been bad 
 As I'm getting better & better at programming, can you give me your TLDR as to why? 

What are your recommendations of 'proper' codebases, to use instead of React?

Really trying to program 'correctly' for us (Bitcoin, Nostr alike) 
 I'm not sure there is any truly better alternative. It's just a hard problem to solve. 
 use whatever makes you the mostr productive 
 Unless you contribute to the giant sludge pile of JSX in GitHub 
 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 
 As a non dev, out of curiosity, is this considered "fighting talk" and throwing down the gauntlet? 
 Yes. Also I hate Facebook with every fiber of my being 
 Facebook is that thing that old people use no?

Sarcasm aside, does my head in that lots of companies in Costa rica use Facebook instead of having a bloody website. And then get looked at as if you somehow an alien for not having an account.