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Discussion on: SPAs are way too much work

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I guess if you want to replace entire page content, and you've got to download it from the server then sure, you'll have to download a lot of data (about 80% - 90% if your entire page) because the actual content is what weights the most. Devdocs does a very good job at saving downloaded pages in IndexedDB for later access.

When it comes to productivity, I guess it comes to everyone's individual experience with them. I actually found SPAs faster to make than SSRs, but then again, I REALLY enjoy making websites in React, so my point of view might be a little biased.