[jbergens]

If you're using React you could look into different flux frameworks or even Relay+GraphQL to avoid jQuery ajax (or at least hide it). That last thing is the bleeding edge right now but looks promising. Flux is probably here to stay and you have a ton of libraries to choose from. I started with Reflux but is now using Alt.

[Bahamut]

GraphQL requires backend infrastructure to use, which takes time usually to plug into the planning pipeline.