I can't agree with the quoted sentiment either. Even I attempt to remove all my bias, most of the tools I use to work (app developer) are fat javascript clients.
Yeah. There’s been a little bit of a puritanical pursuit back out of SPA on HN (it might actually be isolated to here honestly, almost like a local band that plays in the neighborhood), but it’s an emotional over correction (imho) to the exhausting JS climate.
Nevertheless, the facts on the ground are the facts on the ground.