# react
- b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 8:55 AMAny practical reasons why? I didn't tinker much with react before, but I got to a point where adding redux would be nice. - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 8:57 AMI didn't like that adding some part of the state meant going from root all the way down to where it's actually used. If it was some new standalone state (as opposed to just adding a property to existing one), it meant modifying all the classes from root all the way down. - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 8:57 AMThe master root class got pretty bloated fast, when all it mostly did was pass stuff further down. - u
user
05/21/2019, 9:00 AM - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:01 AMThere's a way to avoid putting state into a god object with pure react? - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:02 AMHmm. I think I had reasons why I couldn't do that. - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:04 AMI think I mostly had multiple separate components needing the state. - u
user
05/21/2019, 9:04 AM - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:04 AMThey were deep, but at the same level of each other. So state had to go up. - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:05 AMIt was a few years since I did that tool. 😄 - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:06 AMIf I'm ever gonna touch it more again, I will probably redo it with coconut and come here for structural advices. 😃 - b
brainy-machine-50829
05/21/2019, 9:07 AMThanks for the links kLabz, skimmed through them.