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Second-guessing the modern web - macwright.com

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What if everyone's wrong?

Second-guessing the modern web The emerging norm for web development is to build a React single-page application, with server rendering. The two key elements of this architecture are something like: The main UI is built & updated in JavaScript using React or something similar. The backend is an API that that application makes requests against. This idea has really swept the internet. It started with a few major popular websites and has crept into corners like marketing sites and blogs. I'm increasingly skeptical of it. There is a sweet spot of React: in moderately interactive interfaces. Compl

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