Solid is awesome. But while its reactivity is simpler than React hooks in that they have fewer rules (i.e. you can call them conditionally), it imposes other rules that people may find challenging (limits on destructuring, requiring functions where you might expect to be able to use a reference directly).

Preact is actually a good alternative not just for its size/perf advantages. It’s also significantly easier to read and understand the internals, which may help some learners find their way where they would otherwise get lost in React.