He didn't even get to the part that I find confusing; the naming of things. componentDidMount? componentWillMount? Wtf is mounting? This isn't a goddamn harddrive. Props? Do you mean properties? or arguments? Wtf is a prop? Reconciliation? Portals? The fuck?

And then, to top it all off, you can't just use React, you need to pair it with a set of other libraries, each with their own set of ridiculous jargon and paradigms.

I honestly think a bunch of very talented Facebook devs got bored and decided to make something complex just so they could keep themselves entertained. And then other developers followed suit because it has cool words that make you sound important and inflate your ego, even though it's doing the same shit the web has been doing for 30 years.