>My understanding is that the author is saying you could build google docs to go from one state to another by submitting a form and doing server side rendering

>My understanding is that the author is saying you could build google docs to go from one state to another by submitting a form and doing server side rendering [...] This is obviously much worse user experience and way less efficient, Your interpretation of "much worse user experience" is the opposite of the "work well!" that the author is claiming: >Every single core function of these apps could work—and work well!—without a single drop of JavaScript. https://gomakethings.com/the-web-is-mostly-links-and-forms/#:~:text=Every%20single%20core%20function%20of%20these%20apps%20could%20work%E2%80%94and%20work%20well!%E2%80%94without%20a%20single%20drop%20of%20JavaScript https://gomakethings.com/the-web-is-mostly-links-and-forms/#....