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Re:You Shouldn't Start with an SPA by hakunin on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:40AM (#39241334)
Where does the "expense" come from? You either put glue code on top of existing APIs, having almost no optimization advantages, but still having to combine data (the comment I'm responding to). Or you create new endpoints, with more code reuse in them, and more optimization. How is the latter more expensive than the former?

And if you just talk about having 1 api for 3 front-ends, aren't you then forcing your front-ends to contain a ton of business logic to figure out how and what to display based on your API? You could've just given them what they need, but instead they're forced to weave together some insane tapestry from all kinds of "generic" endpoints you gave them? Isn't it expensive to maintain those front-ends?

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Re:You Shouldn't Start with an SPA by alamortsubite on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:27PM (#39252271)
> but still having to combine data (the comment I'm responding to).

The GP frames the problem as merely avoiding round trips. You introduced the idea of eliminating redundant database calls on the back end. In that scenario, you absolutely have the right idea.

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