React vs. Backbone in 2025

The article compares React and Backbone in 2025, highlighting the trade-offs between the two frameworks. It discusses how React's cleaner code comes with increased abstraction complexity, leading to challenges in understanding and debugging. The piece emphasizes that React's magic can lead to common issues in moderately complex apps, requiring a deep understanding of its internals for effective troubleshooting. It questions whether there is a need for a simpler, more intuitive framework for smaller apps that don't require the complexity of React.