It's a nice article about a topic I care a lot about (the need for rediscovering hypermedia, and about the magnificent Datastar library/framework).
But I fear that the comparison is less SPA vs Hypermedia than a specific nextjs app on vercel versus a specific php app on a vps. And that people will justifiably give people reason to dismiss the whole thing outright.
If anyone is inclined to do that, I really urge you to look at Datastar's website and examples to see what it is capable of.
Also to read infrequently.org for far more about spa (especially react) vs hypermedia + progressive enhancement.
The underlying architecture matters little when the SPA requires several seconds of main thread work after downloading various "blobs" of minified java script..
Hence the nextjs app on vercel (bloated mess). Plain react or svelte is performant fun fact, it’s all the cruft added on top that makes it bloated and slow.
But I fear that the comparison is less SPA vs Hypermedia than a specific nextjs app on vercel versus a specific php app on a vps. And that people will justifiably give people reason to dismiss the whole thing outright.
If anyone is inclined to do that, I really urge you to look at Datastar's website and examples to see what it is capable of.
Also to read infrequently.org for far more about spa (especially react) vs hypermedia + progressive enhancement.