Actually these client-side / server-side debates always go really really wrong. Especially these two article's make really really awful assumptions. There are

Actually these client-side / server-side debates always go really really wrong. Especially these two article's make really really awful assumptions. There are use cases for client-side frameworks. There are even website's or i would call it applications that running behind firewalls that make good usages of such tools. Also he mentioned two server-side template engine's in the linked article. JSP and ASP especially these two are the worst thing you could do. Mixing Code within your Template is by far worse than using the AngularJS template engine wisely. I would rather prefer everybody to use mustache (even) on the server. Performance in a template engine is also the least thing you should consider.