I don't want to bring politics into this, but I find the hype behind HTMX eerily similar to the populist vibes I get reading what their voters write.
There's this vague general sense that the "Web used to be simple" and that "Everything is so complex now". There's even an enemy that can be pointed at: React and various other frameworks/libraries and JS tools. Sometimes even JS itself isn't safe from this.
Though I can never find myself agreeing with the arguments (if any get presented at all). There's a reason we're writing web APPS instead of web SITES now even if you might dislike it. Just as there's a reason the world itself is now more complex now.
Ultimately I don't hate HTMX or the people who want to use it. Though to me the experience of actually using it is awful. I would ask people that they don't pretend that the backend ecosystem is any different from JavaScript. By the time you've chosen the language, debated the backend framework/chosen your templating solution and DB library and build system you could have gotten through the decision paralysis for JS too.
There's this vague general sense that the "Web used to be simple" and that "Everything is so complex now". There's even an enemy that can be pointed at: React and various other frameworks/libraries and JS tools. Sometimes even JS itself isn't safe from this.
Though I can never find myself agreeing with the arguments (if any get presented at all). There's a reason we're writing web APPS instead of web SITES now even if you might dislike it. Just as there's a reason the world itself is now more complex now.
Ultimately I don't hate HTMX or the people who want to use it. Though to me the experience of actually using it is awful. I would ask people that they don't pretend that the backend ecosystem is any different from JavaScript. By the time you've chosen the language, debated the backend framework/chosen your templating solution and DB library and build system you could have gotten through the decision paralysis for JS too.