there was a hey day where react was concerned with client side stuff only - yeah redux was a little complex but you needed to learn it once, react router didn't change every two days. we built incredible enterprise stuff around that stack react (with classes), react-router, redux. that's the last time I enjoyed react.

everything else is now a hamster wheel. running but staying in one place. marketing and money now drives everything else. Maybe there's a fire & motion strategy going on some of the places.

things like inertia help, but not by much.