React's Complexity: Is useEffectEvent the Solution?

Is React Getting Too Complicated? React introduced another hook: useEffectEvent() in v19.2. But do we really need it? Or are we just patching complexity with more complexity? React is still incredibly powerful. But if you're building a simple UI, you shouldn't need a "PhD" in hooks to avoid stale closures. 🔹 We got useEffect to simplify side effects. 🔹 Then we added useCallback, useMemo, and useRef to fix its pain points. 🔹 Now we’re adding useEffectEvent… to fix the problems created by useEffect. See the pattern? It feels like every new hook solves a problem introduced by the last one. 💬 Would love to hear: Are you embracing these new hooks — or looking at other frameworks (like Svelte or Solid) for simplicity? #ReactJS #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #Frontend #useEffectEvent #React19 #DeveloperExperience #Opinion #WebDev

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well i takes out some not-so-needed dependancies from useEffect() hook which means a little less unnecessary renders so ig we kinda needed that also react compiler is finally stable

That's how the world works. You solve one problem and you now have 3 new problems you never knew about. It becomes complex but that is how the world works.

i think this is nice update. because most of the time we just need to add dependenics to useeffect if we use inside the effect which may not be case for some case. so instead of writing unnecssary dependencies we can avoid that

JS is builtin complexity, Less time coding more time debugging.

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It fixes a lot of things of useEffect ... And its not that hard to understand. So I like it. And also with stable react compiler useMemo and useCallback will not be required. So that's another thing.

It's good that React is trying to address its issues while also making it complicated.

Totally agree. Hooks that don't solve the real React problems, but add more cognitive load.

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