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SPA means single page app. For example, Google docs, Figma, Google calendar, etc. Apps that use web technologies instead of being native apps. A long time ago

SPA means single page app. For example, Google docs, Figma, Google calendar, etc. Apps that use web technologies instead of being native apps. A long time ago some webdevs started abusing the SPA concept to build simple websites. However that is not within the original meaning of the term SPA, because simple websites are not web apps. The author assumed that everyone would just understand that they are talking about SP"A"s and not SPAs, because for a certain subset of webdevs working on websites, the antonym of SPA is MPA, and it's normal to refer to your website as an "app". However for a certain other subset of webdevs, the antonym of SPA is simple website, and what the author is talking about are not SPAs at all.

wordofx 1y ago
So you describe the 1%? Is this to refute the person you’re replying to?
- nfw2 1y ago
  Where is 1% coming from? None of the software jobs I've worked at or even interviewed to work could have functioned as a website
  - epolanski 1y ago
    Can you link those? Because I mostly built backoffices, chats, forums, ecommerces, all things that would've worked better as websites.
    - nfw2 1y ago
      Here are some of the things I've worked on: - payroll and other hr software - educational software - shared workspace for realtors and homebuyers I'm not going to doxx myself by naming all the companies, but here is an example of a page that has too many features to work as a website. https://www.compass.com/listing/7310-estrella-de-mar-road-unit-14-carlsbad-ca-92009/1893796644407444185/ https://www.compass.com/listing/7310-estrella-de-mar-road-un...
      - wordofx 1y ago
        I don’t see anything on that site that wouldn’t work as a website. We were building this type of thing 15-20 years ago just fine.
      - epolanski 1y ago
        You've got to be kidding me, I think you're conflating SPAs with websites that provide advanced interactivity.
- zarzavat 1y ago
  1% of domains perhaps, not 1% of developers.

wordofx 1y ago

So you describe the 1%? Is this to refute the person you’re replying to?

nfw2 1y ago
Where is 1% coming from? None of the software jobs I've worked at or even interviewed to work could have functioned as a website
- epolanski 1y ago
  Can you link those? Because I mostly built backoffices, chats, forums, ecommerces, all things that would've worked better as websites.
  - nfw2 1y ago
    Here are some of the things I've worked on: - payroll and other hr software - educational software - shared workspace for realtors and homebuyers I'm not going to doxx myself by naming all the companies, but here is an example of a page that has too many features to work as a website. https://www.compass.com/listing/7310-estrella-de-mar-road-unit-14-carlsbad-ca-92009/1893796644407444185/ https://www.compass.com/listing/7310-estrella-de-mar-road-un...
    - wordofx 1y ago
      I don’t see anything on that site that wouldn’t work as a website. We were building this type of thing 15-20 years ago just fine.
    - epolanski 1y ago
      You've got to be kidding me, I think you're conflating SPAs with websites that provide advanced interactivity.
zarzavat 1y ago
1% of domains perhaps, not 1% of developers.