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Re:First public release of Pushup: a new compiler for making... by kevinfiol on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:09PM (#34248270)
> There is a reason why we switched away from template-based frontends (à la PHP).

Can you elaborate on that reason? Genuine question. As you mentioned in your post, a lot of what newer web frameworks are doing (SvelteKit, Astro, Enhance.dev, etc.) are reminding me a lot of my early days with PHP. The benefits of SSR are widely acknowledged amongst the proper JS frameworks.

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Re:First public release of Pushup: a new compiler for making... by denysvitali on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:12PM (#34251721)
Frontends became more interactive, and as such, you can't really template that interactivity / reactivity away. Hardly anyone uses Vanilla JS nowadays, and thus, hardly anyone can create a template-based website for today's standards. This is just my opinion though, happy to be proven wrong :)
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