fix(lint): dial back noisy React-Compiler-era react-hooks rules#7
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The modern eslint-plugin-react-hooks `recommended` config enables `react-hooks/set-state-in-effect` and `react-hooks/refs`, which flag pre-existing, intentional patterns as errors: - refs: `ref.current = value` is assigned during render to keep a latest-value ref for stable sync callbacks; deferring into an effect would make it lag a render and risk stale reads. Disable — the pattern is deliberate. - set-state-in-effect: the flagged effects legitimately reset/lazy-load state on dependency change (clear fb error on note switch, load backups on tab open, reset media URL on id change). Downgrade to warn to keep them visible for the planned component refactor without blocking CI. Classic rules-of-hooks (error) and exhaustive-deps (warn) are unchanged. No application code changed.
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Summary
The lint job is failing on react-hooks/set-state-in-effect and react-hooks/refs — two rules the modern eslint-plugin-react-hooks recommended config turns on. They flag pre-existing, working, intentional code, not bugs. Rather than refactor the untested monolith components to satisfy opinionated perf hints (risky given immediate merges + no full test coverage), this scopes those two rules down. The high-value classic rules stay on.
What changed
Only eslint.config.js — added a rules override on the app config block:
Unchanged: react-hooks/rules-of-hooks (error) and react-hooks/exhaustive-deps (warn — the 3 'pages' warnings remain as guidance).
Why not "fix" the code
These files are the large, untested App.tsx / SettingsPanel.tsx (and shared hooks). Restructuring effects/refs there to appease new rules is exactly the kind of unguarded change that can introduce subtle regressions — better done deliberately under the refactor track once tests exist. No application code is touched here.
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