Forms Aren’t UI: The Architecture Mistake Most React Apps Make

From UI Components to Runtime Architecture: The shift that fixed how I build forms at scale. I used to think forms were just UI. And to be fair, that belief works—for a while. You open a React component, add a few inputs, wire validation, handle submit, and ship it. The form works. Nothing feels wrong. That’s how I built forms for a long time. Then the product started to scale. And everything that felt simple started to break. When “Just UI” Stops Working The first few forms were fine. The next