[pjmq]

With all the love in the world, that's probably down to the sunk-cost fallacy. You've invested a chunk of time into understanding the idiosyncrasies and non-standard methodologies that React has pushed at you over the years.

Svelte's pattern for data binding (with the exception of the $: reactivity) is exceptionally idiomatic and as close to standard web as 2-way reactivity will ever be. Easy to get to grips with as a newbie and a breath of fresh air for someone with years of fe experience under their belt.

Svelte embodies the KISS principle and long may that last.

[kirso]

See, that's what a lot of people say about Ruby.

But some weird people like me enjoy JavaScript despite its downsides and find Ruby terrible.

Maybe its irrational but familiarity sometimes wins over level of idiomacy.

[dmak]

Everything in React is just a function, so there is expectation of how it works. The data binding in Svelte is a bit magical and not always clear if there are race conditions, but I'm a Svelte noob trying to port my existing app to it.