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Discussion on: React vs Signals: 10 Years Later

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We are competing with native apps.

Perhaps you are not familiar with this perspective: The App is a Technology Tiller (2014)

Apps are a popular solution because they are a familiar solution but that doesn't meant they are the optimal solution.

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"We are competing with native apps." What i meant was users want offline web apps, PWA. Take Excalidraw for example, it's a web app (not a website) and works offline, which is a big deal for a lot of people, education, business.

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peerreynders • Edited

There is a wide selection of Application Holotypes.

On top of that the web supports a broad range of interactivity:

So the apparent focus on SPAs can come across as a bit myopic.

An eighteen wheeler can be useful in some situations but that doesn't mean everyone needs one in their driveway.

Thoughtworks Technology Radar (2022 Oct)—Hold: SPA by default