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Why are so many SaaS founders moving away from separate SPA (Single Page Application) frontends and heavy REST APIs for their core web app?
Simple: Context-switching overhead.
Building a decoupled React/Vue SPA with a separate Laravel API means:
Writing dual type definitions / interfaces.
Setting up complex state hydration and token auth (Sanctum/JWT).
Managing redundant API endpoints just to feed basic dashboard views.
Spending 40% of dev time mapping backend data to frontend state.
For 80% of SaaS applications, Inertia.js + Vue 3 (Composition API) completely obliterates this friction.
Inertia acts as the bridge. It gives you:
Full SPA Experience: No full-page reloads, smooth transitions, instant interactive UI.
Monolith Simplicity: Pass data directly from Laravel controllers to Vue components via props, no API layer needed.
Clean State Control: Pair it with Pinia for local UI state (modals, filters, multi-step forms) without touching backend memory.
You don't need a bloated architecture to feel "modern." You just need a stack that lets you ship features fast without sacrificing snappy user experience.
If you're building on Laravel, what's your go-to frontend setup right now? Inertia + Vue, standard REST API, or Livewire?
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