--- title: Why not React? | daily.dev description: React’s streaming has interesting flaws, and the official RSC implementation ain’t exactly fast Low-end devices remain stubbornly stagnant. The intro became... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-react--cpga8id74 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why not React? | daily.dev og:description: React’s streaming has interesting flaws, and the official RSC implementation ain’t exactly fast Low-end devices remain stubbornly stagnant. The intro became... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-react--cpga8id74 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cPGA8Id74.png og:image:alt: Why not React? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why not React? **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 16 min read · 45 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary React’s streaming has interesting flaws, and the official RSC implementation ain’t exactly fast Low-end devices remain stubbornly stagnant. The intro became more relevant than I could have possibly known when I wrote it. I once planned a rewrite, but I’m burnt out and can't be arsed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@charlesweb** · 2 upvotes > I'll answer you, I've been using it for a year and the complexity that React gives, sometimes it's better to think about it, I see the code that has been created and no matter how many components and well-structured it is, it sucks. Instead of 4 lines of JavaScript, but we are masochists. Long live the state of React and the mother gave birth to it. **@debajyatidey** · 0 upvotes > **Interesting** Information! --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#facebook](https://daily.dev/tags/facebook), [#svelte](https://daily.dev/tags/svelte) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-react--cpga8id74) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why not React?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-react--cpga8id74","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-react--cpga8id74"},"datePublished":"2023-09-18T18:26:16.205Z","dateModified":"2023-09-18T18:26:13.840Z","description":"React’s streaming has interesting flaws, and the official RSC implementation ain’t exactly fast Low-end devices remain stubbornly stagnant. 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