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i recorded a talk for jamstackconf.com — — about whether you should build multi-page apps (MPAs) or single-page apps (SPAs). spoiler: the answer is 'neither'. or 'both', depending on your definitions.
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i sometimes get exasperated at the get-off-my-lawn mentality of people who reflexively deride SPAs, but the truth is they're kind of right: SPAs have ruined the web. the median MPA is better than the median SPA. 
but MPAs have significant drawbacks. you end up writing two codebases (one to render HTML, one for any client-side interactions), and you can't do things like persistent elements, client-side state management, transitions, etc. frankly, these are table stakes for modern apps.
