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useLayoutEffect is a bad place for deriving state
https://thoughtspile.github.io/2021/09/21/useeffect-derived-state/
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Today we'll talk about updating state inside useLayoutEffect in reaction to prop changes. Will it work? Is it safe? Are there better ways to implement such state changes? TLDR: it works, but leaves you with an extra DOM update that may break stuff.