(Author here.) You and I agree that AMP has serious problems, but your article doesn't evaluate the Web Packaging standard at all, which is the whole point of the article.
Prerendering is faster than the fastest web site you can build, faster than http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/, as fast as switching tabs.
On noisy cellular networks, where even one network request can take seconds, even the fastest sites can be slow; prerendering can fix this.
I don't think it makes sense to say, "Prerendering makes even the fastest sites faster?! Bah, humbug! Web sites are fast enough if you do them right."
Web sites are pretty fast if you do them right. But making them even faster is hardly lazy.
Prerendering is faster than the fastest web site you can build, faster than http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/, as fast as switching tabs.
On noisy cellular networks, where even one network request can take seconds, even the fastest sites can be slow; prerendering can fix this.
I don't think it makes sense to say, "Prerendering makes even the fastest sites faster?! Bah, humbug! Web sites are fast enough if you do them right."
Web sites are pretty fast if you do them right. But making them even faster is hardly lazy.