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> But are we seriously going to pretend that projects built with react are in a few hundred kb range?

The author said frameworks == bloat. But the above suggests frameworks != bloat. So I don't know what point you're still trying to make.

> A lot of people are designing their products to show off to their peers

Again, I'm not sure how using new frameworks is "showing off for your peers".

> or for google (SEO)

Client-side rendering only makes SEO harder. Again, I'm not sure what argument you're trying to make.

Present clear reasoning and evidence instead of vague, preconceived assumptions.