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by superkuh 1369 days ago
It will certainly make the website more accessible to more people and reduce the load on their computers. This is required for government/public services. Look at how nice the UK NHS sites are. But for-profit corporations are free to, and seem to always, go the javascript application route because it is cheaper and easier to find teams to build them.
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I'm sad we are downgrading quality of workforce just to increase the size of the pool. Try not to have gate keeper mindset but the new army of js warriors coming in industry makes the ecosystem off of engineering basis.
The NHS has very different goals. Those are reflected in the standards they set for themselves. They must serve everyone, unlike big businesses who consider the edges of the bell curve too expensive to cater to.