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You don’t need React for building websites
Here’s what I think: if you are building websites, you don’t need React (in most cases).
I have been building websites for over nine years now. As I get more experienced, I use fewer libraries and frameworks and rely on good old HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript. I think you should consider doing the same.
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