Stop Using useEffect Like This — Here’s What React Architects Do Instead

Why Top Developers Are Moving Beyond useEffect (And You Should Too)

It’s 2 AM. You’ve been debugging a mysterious React re-rendering issue for hours. The component keeps firing API calls in an infinite loop, and you’ve narrowed it down to a troublesome useEffect hook. Sound familiar?

If you’ve been developing in React for any length of time, you’ve likely experienced the love-hate relationship with useEffect. It's simultaneously one of React's most powerful hooks and its most misunderstood.

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After reviewing thousands of lines of React code across dozens of enterprise applications, I’ve discovered that what separates average React developers from top-tier React architects isn’t just experience — it’s how they approach side effects. Let me show you what the best developers do differently.

“If your effect solely updates state based on props or state, you might not need an effect at all.” — Quote from the react docs