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Dev nowadays talk about SSR like a new found panacea. Yea if we look close enough it is different from a Java spring or python Django apps, but only by a slight amount imo.

I think it is because a lot of tutorials nowadays talk about how to do X with tool Y, without telling the historical context as to why Y is in use in the first place. Usually the tool is to solve a specific problem in mind. When people discover that the tool doesn't solve their very own problem, workarounds based on the very same tool is devised.

Other common examples are kubernetes and microservices. I have seen startup jumped onto the bandwagon before having real customers where the tool in question is meant for scalability purpose

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Soon they will be where we are, shaking their canes as the youngsters of tomorrow discover cgi-bin. Live and let live, appreciate them for their journey, the lessons learned and skills gained.