Depends on which part of the world. haha. May be in SF React is boring, but in certain parts of the world, it's still the hottest thing.

Wondering what would be the hottest frontend framework if React is boring?

Rooting for Svelte

To reiterate the point of my comment above: how big is the difference when using Svelte, really? Is it simpler nicer, or does it let you model the problem more closely?

I don’t have enough experience with it to say (though I do like to see it leveraging compiler tech to optimize rendering flows), but I think that is the question to ask. If it’s basically the same model as React, we really don’t lose much by using React, even if Svelte is nicer. If it’s a new model, it may be worth fighting.

jQuery is boring. React only a short while ago introduced hooks.

That's when it became boring.