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The Dark Side of React Hooks: Pitfalls, Gotchas & How to Avoid Them

React Hooks are powerful — but with great power comes great responsibility. In our latest deep-dive, we explore the hidden traps developers often fall into when using hooks like useEffect, useState, useMemo, and more.

🔍 What you’ll learn:
✅ Common mistakes like stale closures
✅ The danger of duplicated logic
✅ How to avoid excessive renders
✅ The truth about the dependency array
✅ Real-world fixes and anti-pattern solutions
✅ How to turn messy logic into clean custom hooks

👨‍💻 Practical examples and snippets included!

👉 Read here: https://gudoop.com/2025/07/17/the-dark-side-of-react-hooks-pitfalls-gotchas-and-how-to-avoid-them/

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