#internals

Frontend & Web

React Hooks' Secret: A Linked List Cursor That Makes Rules Inevitable

Three years building production React, and my friend blanks on hooks' internals. Turns out, it's a linked list with a cursor. Rules? Just physics.

Frontend & Web

React Hooks Aren't Magic – They're a Linked List Cursor Trick You Should've Learned Years Ago

You've followed React hooks rules for years without knowing why. Turns out, they're not arbitrary – they're baked into a clever data structure anyone can build.