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# React.js: The Documentary - How it All Began

**[Honeypot](https://daily.dev/sources/honeypot)** · 2 min read · 220 upvotes · 17 comments

## Summary

The post explores the early days of React.js, including the initial skepticism from the JavaScript community, the engineers involved in its development, and the first major tech company to adopt it.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://cult.honeypot.io/reads/react-js-the-documentary-how-it-all-began>

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**@carlosfonseca** · 1 upvotes

> Great documentary.

**@kkurko** · 1 upvotes

> HYPE HYPE HYPE!

**@v1s10n\_4** · 1 upvotes

> Never noticed that obvious bolt in react logo!

**@t0ny** · 1 upvotes

> Began with a bang, and ended with a ... Svelte

**@star\_knight\_\_\_** · 1 upvotes

> I actually learned new information about it.

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