You can't return JSON to the browser. (I mean you can, but why lol?) You have to interpret both up and down stream with a JSON parser (usually JS). In contrast

You can't return JSON to the browser. (I mean you can, but why lol?) You have to interpret both up and down stream with a JSON parser (usually JS). In contrast, you can return hypertext/hypermedia directly to the browser and the user can interact with it immediately, without needing translation layers. A primer: https://dev.to/rajasegar/html-over-the-wire-is-the-future-of-web-development-542c https://dev.to/rajasegar/html-over-the-wire-is-the-future-of...