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Epic React
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Epic React is the company blog at epicreact.dev, writing about programming and web. Since 2020, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Epic React”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-25, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Commenters link Epic React for a stronger mental model of hooks, especially its myths-about-useEffect post, and mention its React course as highly rated.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Get Extremely Good at React
Most-linked posts?
- Epic React4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-03-05
What Hacker News says?
You have a common misconception of hooks that they are only lifecycle callbacks, I suggest https://epicreact.dev/myths-about-useeffect/ to get a stronger mental model. They can mimic lifecycle callbacks but they're a superset of that ability. Also, I'm not sure why you chose Mediawiki as the thing that has lifecycle callbacks, the concept has probably been around as long as callbacks have been a thing.
Comment linking /myths-about-useeffect/
on “Hooks are the best thing to happen to React”Submitted Epic React as a story · 4 points
HN discussionPlease don't forget, he is also a SAINT no less. Directly from his github profile: Improving the world w/ quality software · Husband, Father, Latter-day Saint, Teacher, OSS · http://TestingJavaScript.com · http://EpicReact.Dev · Be Kind https://github.com/kentcdodds
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on “How I built a modern website in 2021”Submitted Just Use React as a story · 3 points
HN discussionKent Dodds has a very highly rated course that’s about $300. https://epicreact.dev/
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on “Ask HN: Good React courses for a complete beginner?”Submitted EpicReact by Kent C. Dodds as a story · 3 points
HN discussionExactly - OP is perpetuating bad explanations. https://epicreact.dev/myths-about-useeffect/#:~:text=Here%27...
Comment linking /myths-about-useeffect/
on “React: You Might Not Need an Effect”Submitted Why you shouldn't put refs in a dependency array as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Love React as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Use CSS Variables Instead of React Context as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Epic React for intermediate/advanced devs by Kent C. Dodds as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Composing Server and Client Components: The Modern React's Superpower as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A deep dive on forms with React 19 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avoid Soul-Crushing Components as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My State Management Mistake as a story · 1 points
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