Hooks vs Pipelines: Why I Stopped Injecting Logic and Started Designing Flow

Hooks are everywhere. If you’ve worked with systems like WordPress, React, or Express-style middleware, you’ve used them: “Tap into this lifecycle” “Modify behavior here” “Extend functionality without touching core” On paper, hooks sound great. In practice, they create problems that only show up at scale. What Hooks Promise Hooks promise flexibility. They let you: Inject behavior into existing systems Extend functionality without modifying source code Build plugin ecosystems This is why platform