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Subject State mutationLevel Senior–Staff~24 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this React TypeScript reducer-free updater.

What a strong answer looks like

Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewtsx
function Settings() {  const [config, setConfig] = useState({ theme: { color: 'light', font: 'sans' } });   const setColor = (color: string) => {    const next = { ...config };    next.theme.color = color;    setConfig(next);  };   return <ThemePreview theme={config.theme} />;}
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