"code/framework overhead" is fine as long as its hidden in a library. Too many people re-implement a data layer client-side that is always a poor mapping to the

"code/framework overhead" is fine as long as its hidden in a library. Too many people re-implement a data layer client-side that is always a poor mapping to the server data model. My frontend should act as if its running off a local database and sync with the server. It could batch together all requests made to this database that it cannot fulfil or that are stale.