Reatom v1000 just left alpha with a bold promise — "state management that grows with you." But what does that actually mean when you hit the edge cases that every real application eventually encounters?
Many developers, including myself, started using Reatom during the alpha stage because it was already delivering significant value in production. The patterns I'll show you here aren't theoretical — they've been battle-tested in real projects. If you haven't seen the introductory article, it covers the basics well. This article goes deeper: we'll explore how Reatom's extensibility lets you bend the library to your domain instead of the other way around.
The core thesis is simple: Reatom's power comes from a small set of primitives — atom, action, computed, effect, and extensions — that you can override, hook into, and compose for your specific needs. Let's see wha