React’s UseEffect Is a Crime Scene Covered in Fingerprints

Let’s be honest: half the React codebases out there are held together by duct tape and useEffect spaghetti. Every “quick fix” hook turns into an accidental re-render loop, and suddenly your UI’s performing interpretive dance.

useEffect was supposed to bring clarity to side effects, not become a dumping ground for every async call, DOM tweak and cleanup function we couldn’t fit anywhere else. Developers know it, senior engineers grumble about it, and even AI is trying to help me learn it while I’m vibe coding.

The truth is,…