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A Historical Reference of React Criticism—zachleat.com

Zach Leatherman · 6 February 2023 · 9 min read

A post on zachleat.com, published 6 February 2023, is cited by 11 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 10 October 2026).

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11blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time1112
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Figures for this page
First cited10 Feb 2023
Latest citation2 Dec 2025
Words blogs link it with5
External links52
Length2,012
New citing blogs a weeksince Feb 2023
New citing blogs a week, since Feb 2023: 192 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 2

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Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 11 blogs across 1 subject: technology 9, unclassified 2.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • a historical reference of react criticism2 blogs
  • a lot of criticism early on1 blog
  • chronologically ordered list of react’s criticisms1 blog
  • critique on react1 blog
  • dozens of reasons,1 blog

Cited by 11 blogs in 12 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
natemoo.re1 post
Hello from the other side

linked as “steady drip of evidence that React”

Read at natemoo.re (opens in a new tab)
2 Dec 2025
Alex Russell1 post
If Not React, Then What?

linked as “Dozens of reasons,”

Read at infrequently.org (opens in a new tab)
29 Nov 2024
spicyweb.dev2 posts
Action Web Components Which Span the Server-Client Divide

linked as “Just ask Zach…he knows!”

Read at spicyweb.dev (opens in a new tab)
11 Aug 2024
1 other post
The Great Gaslighting of the JavaScript Era

linked as “this reference post of sorts by Zach Leatherman”

Read at spicyweb.dev (opens in a new tab)
22 Feb 2023
mayank.co1 post
React Server Components: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

linked as “well-documented”

Read at mayank.co (opens in a new tab)
29 Dec 2023
cloudfour.com1 post
Who can you trust with your online business?

linked as “nearly a decade of well-founded criticism”

Read at cloudfour.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Oct 2023
Timo Tijhof1 post
An Internet of PHP

linked as “critique on React”

Read at timotijhof.net (opens in a new tab)
4 Sept 2023
My home ✣ S.Bistrović1 post
With or without the JS framework

linked as “chronologically ordered list of React’s criticisms”

Read at silvestar.codes (opens in a new tab)
21 Mar 2023
Johan Halse1 post
What to expect from your framework

linked as “History of React criticism”

Read at johan.hal.se (opens in a new tab)
17 Feb 2023
wersdoerfer.de1 post
Weeknotes 2023-02-13

linked as “A historical reference of react criticism”

Read at wersdoerfer.de (opens in a new tab)
13 Feb 2023
Manuel Matuzovic1 post
Why I'm not the biggest fan of Single Page Applications

linked as “a lot of criticism early on”

Read at matuzo.at (opens in a new tab)
10 Feb 2023
kpwags.com1 post
Reading Log - February 10, 2023 (#18)

linked as “A Historical Reference of React Criticism”

Read at kpwags.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Feb 2023

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