I put my entire CRUD in one React hook. It felt efficient. Then it wasn’t.

They say every bad decision comes from a good intention.

I'd say it comes from good intentions… and a little lack of thinking things through.

This is the story of the day I put my entire CRUD inside one React hook — and how that backfired.

The good intention

I needed a simple admin panel: list, create, read, update, delete. Classic CRUD.