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They could have made React lighter and require no compilation.

React requires no compilation. (JSX requires compilation, but you can use React without JSX.)

But instead they created a scaffold and fought complexity by adding more complexity.

CRA is a scaffold, but you don’t need to use CRA to use React.

React requires no compilation. (JSX requires compilation, but you can use React without JSX.)

While true I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a non-didactic codebase that uses react but not jsx.

Can anyone point to any recognizable projects or products that do so?

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