Today wasn’t about mastering something.
It was about breaking the fear barrier.
I finally started understanding the useReducer hook — not deeply, not perfectly — but enough to know why it exists and where it should be used.
I wrote a small program using useReducer. Nothing fancy. Just enough to:
See how state transitions work
Understand the idea of actions
See how logic moves out of components and into a reducer function
Realize how this is different from useState
What clicked today is this:
useReducer is not about writing more code.
It’s about organizing complex state in a predictable way.
Right now, I won’t pretend that I fully understand it. I don’t.
But today I reached the point where:
The syntax no longer feels scary
The pattern starts making sense
And I know exactly what I need to learn next
This is not a “I mastered it” day.
This is a “I’ve started understanding it” day.
And soon, after practicing it properly and using it in real scenarios, I’ll write a detailed blog about it with real examples and real learnings.
For now, this is just a checkpoint in the journey.
Still learning.
Still building.
Still improving. 💪
Top comments (1)
Very relatable. The biggest win with useReducer is when the pattern stops feeling scary, even before full understanding.
Framing it as predictable state management instead of more code is spot on.