The team that built the Famo.us Javascript platform plans their first preview release of their app layer code on December 5th, 2013 as a foreshadowing of their platform's client-side prowess.

Yes, a Digital Experience Platform is harder to scale up for internet-scale applications and traffic bursts compared to JavaScript front-ends and microservices.

The big headline here is that with the launch of Famo.us, web apps are poised to pull ahead of native for many important use cases.