The post I was replying to seemed to be saying that invoking multiple services from the client is "a sign of how ludicrous front end development has gotten." >

The post I was replying to seemed to be saying that invoking multiple services from the client is "a sign of how ludicrous front end development has gotten." > Why do you need to run that on the client? Because it's a good idea (less wasteful) to do that on the client. Rather than wasting bandwidth rerouting it via my own server.