Reading the React source is harder than reading the webkit codebase or the linux kernel

@zack_overflow Try reading the react native source

@zack_overflow you can read preact instead, very well written

@zack_overflow its the big web industrial complex it had to be this way

@zack_overflow yeah I gave it a shot a couple years ago and noped out pretty quickly

@zack_overflow try solidjs source, it's absolutely easy

@zack_overflow build framework less apps.. or use a light-wight front-end only framework like Vue..

@zack_overflow Implicit behavior will do that.

@zack_overflow yeah, react source is really annoying to navigate, and it's just long enough between times I'm in it that I have to relearn where everything is to find the actual logic for things like specific hooks

@zack_overflow they have bad handwriting?

@zack_overflow Solid behind-the-scenes foundations of ecosystems usually have what is commonly called „ugly code” somewhere. In these cases it works and can be relied on. Loads of optimisations can’t be done with syntax-sugar-like approach

@zack_overflow Wha!

@zack_overflow current thorn in my side is Vue 3 types patched during postinstall to be Vue 2 compatible

@zack_overflow Thanks for making me feel less bad about hating web dev. I thought it was just me