On the value of state machines: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano/status/1167419869371031554

“When you put app logic in event handlers (like

onClick

or

onSubmit

), any event can potentially have an effect at any time. State machines follow an explicit event-state-action paradigm, where effects are based on event and state, not just event.” this tweet really gets to the heart of it i think. it seems weird to me that when i’m programming interfaces i suddenly lose all context for the task the user is trying to do. whereas in programming we have stuff like scope, environment, self, call stacks, etc