Vue · Senior · Question 58 of 75

Why use Nuxt's `useState` instead of a module-level `ref` for shared state?

✓Correct answer: useState is scoped per request on the server and serialized to the client; a module-level ref is shared across all users on the server
2useState is faster
3Module-level refs aren't reactive

Explanation

Module-level state is a classic cross-request leak in SSR. Pinia with Nuxt is also request-scoped.

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