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		hyfgfh 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Useless UseCallback The useRef pattern seem like a code smell, maybe because I had some troubles with refs over the years. Things were simpler when we had lifecycle methods to manage some of this things. But I`m sure that the next version of react will change everything and make us come up with more patters to try to fix the same problem again...

skydhash 4 months ago [–]

useRef is quite useful when you want to use something externally that has it own lifecycle. And your only interaction is sporadic. Think animation.

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