Don't Let AI Fool You: Are These State Management Tools Really Right for Your Project?

You asked Claude to help you build a shopping cart feature, and it generated a complete Redux setup for you. You look at the screen full of actions, reducers, and selectors, wondering: do I really need this much complexity? AI tools can indeed quickly generate state management code, but is the solution it generates truly suitable for your project? This article is my rethinking of "state management choices" while working with AI-assisted development. I want to figure out: which tools AI excels at, and which ones I actually need. Starting with a Counter: The Origin of State Management The Simplest Requirement Let's start with the most basic example. // Environment: React // Scenario: A simple counter function Counter () { const [ count , setCount ] = useState ( 0 ); return ( < div > < p > Count : { count } < /p > < button onClick = {() => setCount ( count + 1 )} >+ 1 < /button > < /div > ); } What is the "state" here? The number count It changes as users click Only used within this compo