[lucaspiller]

I honestly feel the same. I've been working as a web developer for 8 years now, so it's not like I've been locked in a basement for decades and don't like all this new fangled stuff because it's not what I'm used to. I just don't get what SPAs provide over server rendered pages with a sprinkling of JavaScript to make things more interactive.

Ok maybe it makes sense if you are building a game. Or something that needs to run offline. Or Facebook. But most web sites aren't like that.

The other day there was a Ask HN about what stack a CMS should be built in. Most people were recommending their favourite client-side JavaScript framework. I just don't get it...

[TheCoelacanth]

A CMS seems to me like exactly type of thing where a SPA is a large UX improvement. It's an app you would frequently be spending a large amount of time in which easily offsets the few extra seconds of page load time.