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System Design interview questions
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- What does useRef return, and does changing ref.current cause a re-render?
It returns a mutable object { current } that stays the same across renders. Changing ref.current does not trigger a re-render, so refs suit values React does not need to display, such as timer IDs or DOM nodes.
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