[terandle]

Which is why I think react (and other SPA frameworks) are now pointing beginners to full stack frameworks like nextjs, remix etc where those best practices are baked in. It took the JS frameworks a bit to find their path there but I think they are there now.

[xcrunner529]

What are your thoughts on things like HTMX though, which with a small payload allow lots of SPA-like features and part of the content language itself. The other hatred I have is the need for all of this crap on top of a crappy language.

[terandle]

HTMX has a ceiling on how interactive/complex you can make your site [1]. If you know you will never need to exceed those sure. However I like to use nextjs as it gives me the peace of mind I will always be able to pivot or implement whatever the customer wants.

[1] https://htmx.org/essays/why-gumroad-didnt-choose-htmx/

[lakomen]

It's a big step back