This is a list critical of various tech trends.
SPAs were a mistake (2022) by Chris Ferdinandi
Most developers do it wrong, and for the ones who do it right, it results in a ton of extra code to recreate features the browser already gave you for free.
Are SPAs better than MPAs? (2022) by Jake Archibald and Surma
Surma and Jake have a discussion, weighing up the benefits and drawbacks between Single Page Apps (SPAs) and Multi Page Apps (MPAs).
The balance has shifted away from SPAs (2022) by Nolan Lawson
There’s a feeling in the air. A zeitgeist. SPAs are no longer the cool kids they once were 10 years ago.
In defence of the single page application (2022) by William Kennedy
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What I wish I had known about single page applications (2021) by Michael Pratt
Single page apps are all the rage today, but they don't always operate the same as traditional web pages.
Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? (2021) by Rich Harris
SPAs solve problems to the traditional approach, but are still problematic.
Second-guessing the modern web (2020) by Tom MacWright
We’re layering optimizations upon optimizations in order to get the SPA-like pattern to fit every use case, and I’m not sure that it is, well, worth it.
You probably don't need a single-page application (2019) by Uku Taht
All of this means that single-page applications impose more complexity and cognitive load on the developers.
Help! None of my projects want to be SPAs (2019) by Jason Goldstein
The Preact stuff is kind of fun. But it feels like adding a lot of complexity, and I can’t pin down how it benefits most of these projects.
Single Page Application is not a Silver Bullet (2018) by Seva Zaikov
the problem is that nowadays pretty often question is not “to SPA or not to SPA”, rather “which client-side framework should we use for our SPA”.
The Architecture No One Needs (2018) by Greg Navis
Single-page apps are all the rage nowadays. Many praise their vague technical benefits while ignoring tremendous development costs.
Create your own dysfunctional single-page app in five easy steps (2018) by Jim Newberry
Single-page web applications damage businesses.
Why you should not build your start-up as Single-Page Application? (2017) by Hubert Łępicki
I have heard many statements from SPA advocates, that turned out to be false promises in reality. Ideas, that sound great in theory, but somehow never work in practice.
Why I hate your Single Page App (2016) by Stefan Tilkov
My main beef with single page apps, or SPAs for short, is that they’re not “on the web”. In that regard, they are very similar to a SOAP web service.
The disadvantages of single page applications (2014) by Adam Silver
Many people think SPAs provide faster and better experiences but in reality they create a slower, unfamiliar and inaccessible experience. Worse is that they’re harder to make in the first place.
Are Single Page Apps Bad? (2013) by Alex Tatiyants
I do agree that using SPAs for everything is not ideal.
GraphQL kinda sucks (2022)
GraphQL makes your public API equal to a generic database (2022)
GraphQL is a trap? (2022)
Why you shouldn't use GraphQL (2021)
Why I am giving up on GraphQL (kinda) (2020)
Criticisms of GraphQL (2019)
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