On: Fresh is a new full stack web framework for Deno

[int_19h]

To me the part about:

"... and the client is only responsible for re-rendering small islands of interactivity. A model where the developer explicitly opts in to client side rendering for specific components. ..."

actually sounds more like ASP.NET (the original Web Forms, not Core) support for AJAX:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.ui.up...

[noveltyaccount → int_19h]

I had the same thought. I read the islands overview and was had a little "what's old is new again" chuckle.

https://jasonformat.com/islands-architecture/