SMRTR ProgrammingAug 25, 2026LogRocket

Your React app doesn’t need all that JavaScript

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React makes it easy to overengineer simple UI features that browsers can already handle natively. This article walks through six common React patterns — dark mode, accordions, modals, carousels, custom selects, and scroll animations — and replaces them with modern HTML and CSS equivalents like :has(), , the Popover API, and scroll-driven animations, reducing state, re-renders, and dependencies.

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