How to Avoid Overusing useCallback and useMemo in React

· freeCodeCamp.org · June 17, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
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Summary
This post discusses the common practice of overusing `useCallback` and `useMemo` in React, highlighting the potential pitfalls of excessive abstraction in performance optimization and offering guidance on when these hooks should actually be used.
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