It’s 2025. You want to build a to-do list. You install React… which installs Next.js… which installs a dark mode toggle that breaks your layout and a hydration warning that never goes away. The result? A 4MB app that renders one button. That’s not progress — that’s parody. In this episode of Patchnotes: ✅ Why modern web development is collapsing under its own weight ✅ How the “React stack” became a meme ✅ Why a single ShadCN button ships half a megabyte of CSS and regret ✅ And how Nue flips all of this on its head with just HTML, CSS, and JS #React #Nue #FrontendDev #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #ModernWeb #Patchnotes #OpenSource