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I don't think anybody would argue that server-side rendering could deliver any or all experiences. Clearly even gaming is possible with a thin client (https://p

I don't think anybody would argue that server-side rendering could deliver any or all experiences. Clearly even gaming is possible with a thin client (https://parsecgaming.com/ https://parsecgaming.com/). What you lose at that point is latency. A round-trip to even the closest CDN is going to be vastly slower than rendering the next frame on a GPU with direct access to write to your screen. It's not that things are impossible server-side. It's that clearly server-side rendering is not the universal answer for more-performant applications.

dreamcompiler 8y ago
Some things will always need heavier processing client-side. If your site depends on high frame rates and a GPU, it's not in the "vast majority" category I was talking about, and my argument doesn't apply. My complaint is that far too many web designers building a site for a newspaper or a blog or a retail storefront seem to think they need a framework appropriate for a FPS game.
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