😬 I stirred a hornet's nest. There's so much stuff to get to this week that I'll leave the commentary minimal. Just to reiterate that I said the term Jamstack is basically finished, but the underlying architecture and technologies are all still relevant and growing more so.
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Jamstack is Dead, Long Live Jamstack!
This edition of the Bytes newsletter tries to pinpoint where the term Jamstack failed, which the author believes was caused by the rebranding of Jamstack “to the point where it eventually lost all its original meaning”.
UI.dev
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Is the Jamstack Dead? 🪦🤔
The JavaScript Jam newsletter does a great job of rounding up reactions to the 'end of the Jamstack term' and ultimately comes to a similar conclusion as I did: the term may be gone but the tools and techniques underlying it are still useful.
JavaScript Jam
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My Journey Away from the JAMstack
Jared, creator of the Bridgetown SSG, has been critical of Jamstack’s move away from its static origins and he laments what he sees as a missed opportunity for Netlify to warn us of the potential perils of full stack JavaScript frameworks.
Jared White
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How to Blow Up a Category - Netlify's New Era and The JAMstack Endgame
A great look at the trajectory of Netlify, as a business, and Jamstack over the years and some thoughts on claims that Jamstack, as a term, is disappearing because it “won.” While I have no insider information, I have my disagreements on the causes of this shift, which I noted in the comments.
Swyx
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✂︎ Tools, Resources & More...
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Lifting Off With Astro 🚀
A look at why Astro’s focus on minimizing the JavaScript sent to the client is important and how to get started building apps using it.
Brian Rinaldi
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JSX Without React?
Exploring a new tool called NakedJSX that will allow you to render JSX without the need for the full React framework.
Chris Coyier
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Thanks for reading. — Brian
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