Because the universal rule is that 90% of everything is terrible, including software. Corollary rule is that work expands to fill all available time, and software expands to fill all available resources.
If you go back to before the ascent of age of front-end frameworks, you would find that there were still tons of sites that were slow and poorly performing, despite running entirely in server-side technologies.
Something that made Google incredibly appealing when it first came out was it’s instantly-loading front page with a single search box and a single button. This was in drastic, shocking contrast in the age where every other search engine portal had a ton of content on it, including news, stock tickers, and the kitchen sink.
In the end, unless the developers of the sites make performance a priority, it makes absolutely no difference what the tech stack is. The problem is that companies don’t prioritize it.
Because the universal rule is that 90% of everything is terrible, including software. Corollary rule is that work expands to fill all available time, and software expands to fill all available resources.
If you go back to before the ascent of age of front-end frameworks, you would find that there were still tons of sites that were slow and poorly performing, despite running entirely in server-side technologies.
Something that made Google incredibly appealing when it first came out was it’s instantly-loading front page with a single search box and a single button. This was in drastic, shocking contrast in the age where every other search engine portal had a ton of content on it, including news, stock tickers, and the kitchen sink.
In the end, unless the developers of the sites make performance a priority, it makes absolutely no difference what the tech stack is. The problem is that companies don’t prioritize it.