Isn't there the spark rendering engine that can be used independent of meteor? https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Spark
I haven't tried it, but it seems like cleaner approach than cutting the patient in half.
I haven't tried it, but it seems like cleaner approach than cutting the patient in half.
In practice though, I wasn't able to get a client-side only Meteor example app running, so I'm waiting for Meteor to iron out the rough spots.
In the meantime, techniques such as the one by the blog post author can tide people over.