Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager
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HN · launched Apr 8, 2026 · 27 upvotes (top 21%) · 0 views
Niche: ui component libraries · 312 launches, 18 in the last 7 days ▼ -38% · Explore this niche →
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- Dev tools
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- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Snapstate is a lightweight client-side state management library wrapping JavaScript classes with React subscriptions via standard APIs like useSyncExternalStore.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Tanstack (for data fetching), Vue (with computed features), Redux (state management), MobX (state management), Elm architecture
Concerns raised: useEffect for data fetching is widely documented as an anti-pattern, Hooks have hard-to-follow logic with polling and async operations, Poor migration documentation and messaging for hooks, React's current approach creates friction compared to alternatives
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 394 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #92 of 395 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 155 days after the earliest competitor.
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- textjs · github · 2026-11-02 · 106 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Generative UI Library for React · hn · 2026-04-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- SynCloudOS · github · 2026-10-07 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- canggu · github · 2026-09-27 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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