Same here, except I didn't go back to that extreme. There is a wonderful underrated middleground which is using tools such as Django + Unpoly[1] + Slippers[2] + Tailwind, or Rails + view_components + hotwire + Tailwind, etc.... you can be insanely productive while still making your code very maintainable.
People usually think that it is either a modern SPA or jQuery spaghetti. Those are two extremes. If you put 10% the effort you were putting into building your SPA + API key into organizing better a "modern traditional" stack.... it can be wonderful.
People usually think that it is either a modern SPA or jQuery spaghetti. Those are two extremes. If you put 10% the effort you were putting into building your SPA + API key into organizing better a "modern traditional" stack.... it can be wonderful.
[1] https://unpoly.com/
[2] https://mitchel.me/slippers/