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We've also felt the complexity of React and Apollo. It works best when, as others mentioned, you've got distinct teams that can focus on each part. In situations where that isn't the case the same decouplings that make it easier for teams to operate independently just add overhead and complexity.

We're in a similar boat these days so in fact our latest projects are back to simple server side rendering, but we're still making the data retrieval calls with GraphQL. It ensures that that the mobile app and reporting tools we're also developing will have parity, and we don't need to write ad hoc query logic for each use case. The built in docs and validations have simply proven too useful to pass up, and you really don't need a heavy weight client to make requests.