@kentcdodds: You can definitely hate performance optimizations based on the amount of data your dealing with
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Kent C. Dodds criticizes unnecessary performance optimizations in React, such as using virtualized lists for layouts that the browser can handle trivially.
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You can definitely hate performance optimizations based on the amount of data your dealing with
Vanilagy (@vanilagy): Most functional React app
Using virtualized lists for a layout that’s already trivially rendered by the browser engine is crazy to me
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