It pretty much has to be, there is no way NYT is giving up showing up in search results.
> How does a server side React app look like? Is it basically a node application then?
There is almost certainly Node somewhere in the pipeline. It's possible to build static content with Node/React as well, but NYT has dynamic server functionality as well so it would not surprise me if there's at least a Node layer in production.
It pretty much has to be, there is no way NYT is giving up showing up in search results.
> How does a server side React app look like? Is it basically a node application then?
There is almost certainly Node somewhere in the pipeline. It's possible to build static content with Node/React as well, but NYT has dynamic server functionality as well so it would not surprise me if there's at least a Node layer in production.