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Folks that are so surprised about all these React sites that re-render clearly haven't experienced anything other than React.

The problem is not the developer, the problem is that the React model makes it hard to avoid re-rendering everything.

This is the Android overdraw overlay on X (native) vs Bluesky (react native).

The React model is inefficient. Period.

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The developer tooling for React web apps (and mobile apps) is so good that devs don’t need to understand the fundamentals right now.

Of course if you want to build a performant app at scale, native is best…AND subjects you to the App Store review policies which can be a huge bottleneck.

It’s actually possible to direct pieces of react apps not to re-render but it’s not really the paradigm of react, so kind of working against the grain.

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I agree - it crippled me a couple of times, especially when I was building for hardware.

OTA updates alone make this all worth it.
I don't mind writing the same code in multiple languages. I've done it in the past.

The real pain is the App Store and Play Store gatekeepers