> "I like that I don't need to render things server-side because then the server is just running a REST-ful API." Thank you! I never understood the big push t

> "I like that I don't need to render things server-side because then the server is just running a REST-ful API." Thank you! I never understood the big push towards server-side rendering. I did server side rendering for 10+ years in JSP land. I love having a clean separation between client and server, freeing me to experiment with different languages and frameworks on the server side. Likewise, if I want to experiment with a React component consuming my REST API I can. Not to mention my AWS expenses are kept minimal as most of the processing is offloaded to the client side. > "I like using nearly straight up HTML as my template." Agreed again. Am I the only one who works with people who know HTML, CSS, and a little bit of Javascript who can contribute to the front end design? I feel like if I threw a "DOM in code" type of approach at them they would feel lost.