title: React purpose of custom hooks
body: <p>I'm trying to figure out what is the purpose of introducing something called <code>custom hooks</code> when its just a function.  If I take the following example <a href="https://medium.com/from-the-scratch/react-custom-hooks-a-simple-intuition-if-you-still-cant-hit-it-off-8d27fa4ba10" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://medium.com/from-the-scratch/react-custom-hooks-a-simple-intuition-if-you-still-cant-hit-it-off-8d27fa4ba10</a>, if I don't use the <code>use</code> prefix for the hook, it all still works fine.  With the introduction of this terminology called <code>custom hooks</code> I'm not sure whats the purpose of it, or should I just go on using standard functions.</p>
  <p>What is the main advantage I get when using the <code>use</code> prefix for a <code>custom hook</code> or function apart from some simple linting features?</p>