This is cool Guilherme, however my strongest reaction to these rewrites is always: why?
I think as a portfolio piece there's something to be said about the value of showing that you can write your own rendering engine. But at the same time, if I was looking at this I'd just ask, "why is he building this when React exists?" If the only purpose is to mimic React's behaviour then I think this is not a great use of time.
This isn't to say what you've made here isn't very cool, and I think personally you should be proud of your work on this. But with that said, if you love React, why not help work on the core? I'm sure there are issues with React that need solving and if you've got the time your effort may be better spent on there.
Aside from that, when people keep seeing rewrites like this I think it instows a feeling of ambiguity around the capability of React "is everyone rewriting React because it can't get the job done well enough on its down?" the casual observe might think to themselves.
I think the same thing when I see new languages pop up. Why? These new languages look cool and people start using them. 5 years down the line they discover it has its own set of core problems like every other language, rinse and repeat.
I think as a community we need to work harder on being less distracted by the enjoyment of building something and try to focus more on improving and understanding existing technology. We can continue to push the envelope in the name of technological advancement but often times it's difficult to discern advancement from replacement.
Again, I think it's really cool that you've built this and I don't want to dissuade you from building cool things. I'm just a little tired of seeing React reimplemented over and over again with no real net gain that couldn't be implemented in React itself.
I think as a portfolio piece there's something to be said about the value of showing that you can write your own rendering engine. But at the same time, if I was looking at this I'd just ask, "why is he building this when React exists?" If the only purpose is to mimic React's behaviour then I think this is not a great use of time.
This isn't to say what you've made here isn't very cool, and I think personally you should be proud of your work on this. But with that said, if you love React, why not help work on the core? I'm sure there are issues with React that need solving and if you've got the time your effort may be better spent on there.
Aside from that, when people keep seeing rewrites like this I think it instows a feeling of ambiguity around the capability of React "is everyone rewriting React because it can't get the job done well enough on its down?" the casual observe might think to themselves.
I think the same thing when I see new languages pop up. Why? These new languages look cool and people start using them. 5 years down the line they discover it has its own set of core problems like every other language, rinse and repeat.
I think as a community we need to work harder on being less distracted by the enjoyment of building something and try to focus more on improving and understanding existing technology. We can continue to push the envelope in the name of technological advancement but often times it's difficult to discern advancement from replacement.
Again, I think it's really cool that you've built this and I don't want to dissuade you from building cool things. I'm just a little tired of seeing React reimplemented over and over again with no real net gain that couldn't be implemented in React itself.