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> Guillermo Rauch tweeted a few months back that SPAs were a zero interest-rate phenomenon Guillermo Rauch is selling Vercel, whose strategy includes first-cla
by pcthrowaway 3y ago
> Guillermo Rauch tweeted a few months back that SPAs were a zero interest-rate phenomenon
Guillermo Rauch is selling Vercel, whose strategy includes first-class tooling for SSR, convincing people to move their SPA to SSR, and then locking them in on their platform.
- LapsangGuzzler 3y agoSure, he's trying to create a business that I'm not particularly interested in being tied down as well. That doesn't make him wrong about SPA.
- Rauchg 3y agoExcept my preference for SSR as the default dates as far back as 2014 and is rooted in the laws of physics[1] Downloading an empty shell, downloading code to render a bunch of spinners, to then incur in a bunch of waterfalls of data and more code to the server is not gonna make it. [1] https://rauchg.com/2014/7-principles-of-rich-web-applications#pre-rendered-pages-are-not-optional https://rauchg.com/2014/7-principles-of-rich-web-application...
- pcthrowaway 3y agoI mean those are fair points, though respectfully I think there are cases for SPAs where SSR won't do. But that's not what we're talking about. Referring to SPAs as a "zero-interest-rate phenomenon" implies that SSG/SSR models are more efficient in terms of financial cost of deployment. I don't agree this is necessarily the case, and I think SPAs can be developed and deployed sanely and cheaply also. Vercel is doing some amazing things, but it's also innovating in ways that occasionally lead to "lock-in", in the sense that moving away from Vercel would involve a lot of friction. So I think it's fair to point out that you have a financial interest in convincing people to adopt delivery models that your business streamlines.