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Can you release this as an NPM package? I can raise a PR if you're not sure how to do this.

I wrote more about why I think you should consider this on HN (shudder). Just for the sake of conversation, I'll reproduce that comment here:

This is a clever lib, nicely done! I'm writing in to say that I think your presentation of it could benefit from some focused revision.

In positioning something as an "answer to React", I think it's important to note what React's goals are. The React site (https://reactjs.org) describes itself as a declarative, component-based library for building UI that you can "learn once and write everywhere". The crucial thing to note here is that efficient updates to the DOM are explicitly not a core justification for React.

In fact, React's virtual DOM is often described by React developers as an implementation detail, not as a reason for React's existence and adoption. The appeal of React is in its declarative composition model for building UI, which frees developers from tedious data-bound state management on the DOM and beyond (react-dom, react-native, react-vr, etc.).

I believe this lib is better positioned as an alternative to so-called 'virtual DOM' implementations, rather than as an answer to React, since it provides no answer to core React features (declarative, composable components that can target all kinds of platforms).