> I’m not suggesting that we give up React and es7 and go back to writing server-templated web-apps like it’s 2012 again

Why? What is wrong with that exactly?

Has the Internet fundamentally changed over the past seven years? I’d argue it hasn’t fundamentally changed in the past 20 years.

A single-page app isn’t a panacea, and in most cases is a bad choice for a business.