Server-side rendering is here to stay, but in a rather odd form:
Basically, you build your SPA in such a way that most major application entry point states are reflected in the URL (or at least URL+headers), use PhantomJS or something similar to capture and cache that page, and whenever the opportunity presents itself, serve up the cached version to the user so the SPA starts from that point very quickly.
Basically, you build your SPA in such a way that most major application entry point states are reflected in the URL (or at least URL+headers), use PhantomJS or something similar to capture and cache that page, and whenever the opportunity presents itself, serve up the cached version to the user so the SPA starts from that point very quickly.