Absolutely. The web platform and web development tools have gotten incredibly good but can require a herculean effort to understand what's possible, how to use

Absolutely. The web platform and web development tools have gotten incredibly good but can require a herculean effort to understand what's possible, how to use the tools, and get good performance. As the post points out , even instagram is missing out on a lot of performance optimizations. Gatsby aims to be a compiler of sorts to simplify making really high performance websites so even low-budget websites and webapps can join in the fun.