Comment by rorylaitila

I've skipped the whole 'modern' web stack. I've stayed SSR first, hrefs/forms/url as only routing primitives, progressive enhancement, vanillajs-islands only where absolutely necessary. Its great. Apps never randomly break. No build hell. UX easy to debug (just look at the HTML). No random performance degradations. No client has ever said it feels dated. Just finished my first app-like PWA, also SSR. Getting great compliments on the UI and slick interactions using just native browser transitions. The vanilla web stack gets better and better! Honestly don't know what people think they are gaining with a heavy frontend.