I used HTMX to serve my HTML partials. My HTML partials got too big. Not HTMXs fault. How do I fix that? Split them up? Use lazy loading? Pagination? That isn’t clear. I settled on a solution that gave me the least compromises while not abandoning the sprit of HTMX and HATEOAS.
HTMX has a whole section on their site dedicated to reasons not to use HTMX: https://four.htmx.org/essays#counterpoints
Alpine Ajax is actually promoted on their site as an alternative option but to stay within the HATEOAS universe: https://four.htmx.org/essays/alternatives#alpine-ajax
I tried building something more than a like-button or simple search. It wasn’t that easy to wrangle once it got more complicated.