[mbrock]

There's also such a thing as cargo cult criticism... when dismissing stuff as "hypes" and "trends" without really grasping the reasons behind the enthusiasm... for example, how one of the big advantages of React is that it can render on the server in a very convenient way.

[Kaali]

True. I shouldn't have been that dismissive about React. My comment was really related to the explosion in popularity of client side rendered static websites. And React happens to be one of the more popular ways to implement them.