I’ve been using Hotwire for a greenfield project for the last year. The hotwire framework they’ve created is pretty nice but I miss React and will probably choose it for my next project.

Not just because it’s decoupled from the backend api. The React/Vue ecosystems have a lot more useful open source components, and you can build faster, more cache friendly front ends, among other benefits.

I agree React is more complex, but as with many things if you are gonna need it then it’s great to have started with it.