I did choose a pathological case, partly because there's no way to write the `md` helper function in a way that react will just treat as always safe, other than wrapping it a component. But then components requires a single root element and unless I want it to always be a div I also have to pass in a tag name and this is rapidly ceasing to feel simple.

But it's not just contrived examples. Here's a list:

    <ul>
      {(this.state.items || []).map(item => (
        <li>{item}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>

vs

    <ul>
      <li v-for="item in items">{item}</li>
    </ul>

And here's a simple if/else

    let loginOrLogout
    if (this.isLoggedIn()) {
      loginOrLogout = <LogoutButton />
    } else {
      loginOrLogout = <LoginForm />
    }

    // snip

    <div>{loginOrLogout}</div>

vs

    <div>
      <logout-button v-if="isLoggedIn" />
      <login-form v-else />
    </div>

React is conceptually simple, but that often forces me to write complex code. Vue lets me keep the code I write (i.e. the only code I actually care about) simple.