It's not about knowing the API. It's about knowing when your component needs to think...
useState handles independent state; useReducer is required when state transitions form explicit machines to ensure readable, testable coordination logic. This distinction separates developers who memorize APIs from those who diagnose architecture correctly.
It's not about knowing the API. It's about knowing when your component needs to think differently.
There's a specific moment in a code review that tells me everything I need to know about where a developer is in their React code.
I ask: "Why did you use useState here instead of useReducer?"
The junior answer: "Because it's simpler."
The senior answer: "Because the state changes don't depend on each other, so there's no state machine here. If they did, I'd use useReducer."
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