Use-server Memes

React started life as the "View" layer in MVC architecture—simple, elegant, just handling the UI. Fast forward a few years and now we've got "use server" directives that let you write server-side code right in your React components. You know who's been doing server-side rendering since forever? PHP devs. The same folks React developers used to roast for mixing logic and templates. So basically, we've gone full circle: from separating concerns religiously, to SPAs that do everything client-side, to now... writing server code in our components again. The PHP developers watching this unfold must be having the time of their lives. "Welcome back to 2005," they whisper, sipping their coffee with a knowing smile. Turns out the real circle of life isn't in the savanna—it's in web development, where every revolutionary idea eventually becomes the thing it replaced.