React, since its release in 2013, has significantly influenced both frontend and backend development, inspiring frameworks like Phoenix to adopt its reactive component model and JSX template system. React introduced a paradigm shift by integrating HTML markup directly into app code, promoting a colocation of tightly coupled code elements, which simplified development and improved maintainability. The JSX system allowed for extensible and readable UI components by combining static HTML with dynamic logic, a concept that Phoenix has embraced in its LiveView feature. Phoenix's adoption of React's principles led to efficient server-side rendering, where only parts of the template that change are updated, minimizing bandwidth and latency. This approach mirrors React's virtual DOM, which optimizes UI updates by computing minimal DOM operations required upon state changes. React's influence extends beyond just the frontend, as its innovative ideas for component-based architecture and efficient rendering have also inspired server-side frameworks like Laravel to implement HTML-aware component systems, demonstrating React's enduring impact on web development.