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How would you not build the whole frontend in JS though? Use another compile-to-JS language?

Render most of the frontend server-side and just use JavaScript for the dynamic bits only, I guess? I personally haven't done it like this since the advent of SPAs, but I'm guessing lots of things are still built like this.

It *should* still be the default.

I urge you to check out https://hypermedia.systems/ (free to read online).

TL;DR: The web platform has evolved (and continues to evolve) so much that I don't see a need to use SPAs for the majority of web applications.

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