The RTK Query part of the Redux Essentials tutorial is phenomenal, but since it’s part of a much larger suite of documentation, I feel like the gem that is RTK Query is getting lost. What is Redux A lot of people think of Redux as a state management library, which it is. To…

In Spite of Everything I’ve been extremely critical of the direction the React team has taken in the past few years. Several people have asked me why I still use React if this is how I feel. This is a long-form article, but for the impatient, here’s the TL;DR version: …

A Case Study When I wrote the first two parts of this series, I predicted that in this post I would show examples from bloggers who feel confident enough that they understand hooks to provide advice to others and show how following their advice is problematic. Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 1 SOLID reasons why hooks are a bad ideamedium.com Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 2 According to the React teammedium.com

In fact, there’s no such thing as a React Functional Component — I’ve had a lot of people respond to parts my series, “Can We Just Admit React Hooks are a Bad Idea?”, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I skipped over some important concepts that are keeping people from understanding my main points. I didn’t do it on purpose —…

Behavior is Lawful — Trigger warning: contains discussion of behavioral psychology, and I acknowledge that this technology has been abused with some people. If that’s you, you might want to skip this post. I’ve been training dogs as a hobby off and on since I was fifteen. In that time, I’ve changed a lot…

Sometimes the obvious isn’t. The Redux team helped me find the answer. — I’ve said before that I think that RTK Query helps a lot with the problems created by React hooks, primarily by doing so much for you that you don’t need to pass small pieces of state back and forth in useMemo, useEffect, and useState. So I’ve been diving into it…

Part 2: According to the React team If you haven’t read Part 1, you might want to check it out now: Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 1: SOLID reasons why hooks are a bad ideamedium.com I also seriously want to thank everyone who pushed me over the 100-follower threshold. You’re the reason I’m blowing out my Saturday writing this vs. going to Whole Foods…