Not quite what you are describing, but sort of in the same space, are SSR heavy frameworks like Next.js. Those solve problems by having the backend do most of t

Not quite what you are describing, but sort of in the same space, are SSR heavy frameworks like Next.js. Those solve problems by having the backend do most of the heavy lifting and streaming UI updates to the browser. This makes the browser a thin client instead of a node in a distributed system. Personally, I think it's a great direction and hope it sticks.