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How to start a react project: don't. Use raw browser APIs. Maybe build yourself some thin wrappers for those APIs that you find awkward to use as is.

I genuinely don't understand why so many people want to abstract the platform away in projects that only run on a single platform (the browser in this case). You want to be as close to your platform as possible if you care about performance and resource use.

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And once you've assembled your thin wrappers, and a few utility functions that really improve QoL, it would be a shame not to share it with the community.

So make a cute name and logo, make a website using words like "superhero" and "fun!", and make an announcement on Hacker News (where someone will invariably make some comment about not needing a framework lol)... then toss it in the pile with the thousands of other (unmaintained) front end frameworks.

I care about shipping products to customers for feedback, and then iterating as quickly as possible once I get it, so that I can earn as much money as possible.

Have fun with your performance and resource use, though. Sounds really interesting.

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