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The Hydration Tax: Why Client-Side Rendering Kills Agent Discovery

Adam Silva
9 min read
2,200 words

React SPAs have a dirty secret: AI agents and search crawlers often see a blank page. The hydration tax — the performance penalty of client-side rendering — is killing your discoverability in the agentic era.

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Key topics covered in this article:

  • hydration tax
  • CSR
  • SSR
  • agent discovery

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