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Re:JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution by boredtofears on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:53PM (#32679263)
What is SSR exactly in the context that you're describing?

I thought if you're using server side rendering you'd be serving HTML directly from your application.

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Re:JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution by diceduckmonk on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:02PM (#32679459)
The difference is more heuristical than technical.

Render the entire page in one go, rather than have the server render small chunks at a time and have the client patch the DOM. I.e. not having to think about below the fold, adding event handlers to pre-empt and preload. In practice, you’ll need to sprinkle in JavaScript interactivity, but the point is keep this to a bare minimum. See Craigslist or HackerNews.

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