Why React’s ‘Boring’ Maturity Is Actually Its Main Strength

React has been around long enough to earn that dreaded word: Mature. In tech, “mature” often gets twisted into “obsolete,” as if a framework hitting its stride must also be quietly inching toward irrelevance. But React isn’t coasting.

It’s not some relic holding on for dear life while shinier frameworks sprint past. It’s the opposite: a platform that’s stable enough to run the internet’s backbone, despite it not being the undisputed overlord of the framework world.

Think of it less like a tired old library and more like a…