[strife25]

+1

SPAs were a workaround to slow CPU servers serving millions of requests in the mind-2000s. Client computers were faster, so it made sense to push UX logic there.

We've flipped things around. Servers are fast as hell for rendering HTMl. We can leverage that and re-focus the client on UI code that only it can do.

[ec109685]

They were also in response native mobile applications and desire to have a single api tier for all applications.

That and the panacea of being able to run same javascript on server and client.