Agree, that is why I am confused by his question to me. Like SSR should be the default. Why does your server by default "hydrate" the client bundle. Why can't the client bundle request data as it needs it (then we can only request what the user needs). Skeleton UI it while you fetch. Then you have great page load time because you just return a static HTML+JS bundle that was non-conditionally built. In SSR it talks to the DB before it even constructs the bundle, that is oof right? So you are faster because you don't even gen the HTML until you talked to the DB? I give the user plain HTML instantly and talk to the DB while I give them a UI indicating its loading. SSR just moved the load time to before initial render. Stupid IMO.