80,000 useEffect Simulations

We ran 80,000 simulations tonight. Because you called setState in a useEffect.

A dark social media post jokes about React programming. Calling setState inside useEffect can trigger repeated re-renders or an infinite update loop, humorously exaggerated as running 80,000 simulations overnight. It is sent as a reaction to inefficient or accidentally recursive React code.

• @profunctor_io / 10497 2024-11-06