Were SPAs a big mistake? (JS Party #224)

Let the debate begin (again)! This time we’re arguing whether or not single-page apps were a big mistake. This premise was inspired by Chris Ferdinandi’s SPAs were a mistake post.

Divya & Nick represent Team Yep and KBall goes solo on Team Nope. Jerod, as per our usual arrangement, is on Team Winner.

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Divya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• SPAs were a mistake
• Holla! RemixConf May 24-25

Previous YepNope debates:

• Should websites work without JS?
• Is modern JS tooling too complicated?
• Should we rebrand JavaScript?
• Are web apps fundamentally different than web sites?

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!