For years, Redux was the default, but the boilerplate is exhausting. I’ve migrated three production apps to Zustand, and here is why it’s superior for 90% of use cases: Simplicity: No providers wrapping your app. No complex reducers or actions. Just a hook. Performance: Selectors allow you to subscribe components to specific parts of the state, preventing unnecessary re-renders. DevTools: It still works with Redux DevTools if you need debugging. This contribution includes a code snippet showing a basic "Cart Store" implementation in Zustand vs. Redux Toolkit. The line count difference is shocking (20 lines vs 60 lines). Stop over-engineering your state.