Chose vanilla JS over React for my first real project, no regrets after 6 weeks

So I finally built something bigger than a tutorial, a little habit tracker app. Everyone on discord said just use React, it's the standard. But every React tutorial left me more confused, like I was copying code without getting it. So I went with plain JavaScript and a JSON file for storage. It's not fancy, but I actually understand every line. Took me 3 weeks instead of 1, but debugging is way easier. Has anyone else gone the old school route and felt like it helped them learn better, or am I just making it harder on myself later?

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river1904h ago

Understanding every line beats copying code, same with tools in real life...