# Build Your Own React

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Build Your Own React and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a clear walkthrough of how React works under the hood, with well-presented content that is easy to follow.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-presented, engaging content and story (3 comments): "how fantastically presented the content on this page is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334131)) "Amazing website and presentation of the story." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333225)) "That is a fantastic presentation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333273))
- Explains how React works internally (3 comments): "this blog post was the main inspiration to learning how "straightforward" JSX was under the hood" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357003)) "You could walk through the framework so you then understand it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105075)) "the article was amazing and I learned a lot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46335720))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [CSS-Tricks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/css-tricks.md): 23 recommend
- [Learn OpenGL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/learn-opengl.md): 15 recommend
- [Patterns.dev](https://hackerapproved.com/p/patterns-dev.md): 12 recommend
- [Fintech Engineering Handbook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fintech-engineering-handbook.md): 12 recommend
- [vimtutor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vimtutor.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Build Your Own React", https://hackerapproved.com/p/build-your-own-react/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).