I think it's easier to write than React! (And remember, I did React professionally for many years.)
People assume that surely the pile of high-level languages and frameworks will actually result in a better experience. But Dear Imgui or Clay are genuinely easier to use, easier to iterate in, and faster too. This is why I think it's so unhelpful to focus on the position in the stack: Dear Imgui is a better high level tool than React, despite being "low level" by modern expectations!
People assume that surely the pile of high-level languages and frameworks will actually result in a better experience. But Dear Imgui or Clay are genuinely easier to use, easier to iterate in, and faster too. This is why I think it's so unhelpful to focus on the position in the stack: Dear Imgui is a better high level tool than React, despite being "low level" by modern expectations!