The UI library behind the web we build. Components, state, hooks — and why this is the lingua franca of modern products.
Category · Frontend & UI
What React is.
React is Meta's open-source library for user interfaces. Instead of manipulating the DOM by hand, you describe the UI as a function of state: components render from props and state, hooks bundle logic and side effects. React works out what actually needs to change.
The real value isn't the rendering — it's the component model: small, testable building blocks that assemble into large products.
Why we build on it.
React is the lingua franca of modern web products. The ecosystem (Next.js, the tooling, the component libraries) and the huge talent pool lower risk and time-to-market — we can find developers, and we can find solutions to problems that are already solved.
We reach for React wherever an interface is interactive and grows over years: portals, dashboards, configurators, web apps.
When it doesn't earn its keep.
For a static landing page or a pure content site, React is overkill — server-rendered pages or a lean static-site setup do the job. React only pays for itself once you have interactivity and reuse.