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> I’m glad you like it. Someone has to, I guess

Millions of people and companies do. For mostly one reason: Getting started is incredibly simple. React's surface area is incredibly narrow. Almost anything in it is just JavaScript. Hooks or Classes? Syntax inside JSX? Just normal JavaScript. With hooks, there are basically two that can do 99% of what you want to do.

> which is so much worse than meaningful templates

Why? There is a zero bullshit approach here. No magic syntax. No "v-for" or two way binding. No receiver patters or context parameters.

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