When to useState instead of useReducer

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useReducer is definitely more powerful than useState (you can even implement useState using useReducer), but there's one scenario where useState is almost certainly better than useReducer:

When it's just an independent element of state you're managing: useState

This is based on my blog post: Should I useState or useReducer?

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