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Less Htmx Is More

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kookamamie ◴[] No.43619953[source]
> In my opinion, most websites should be using htmx

In my opinion, in five years no one uses htmx, but another shiny toy. Hence, how about not starting to use it at all?

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mort96 ◴[] No.43619982[source]
This applies to every single web framework/library, so I guess your point is that nobody should start making web things?
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1. kookamamie ◴[] No.43620068[source]
It kind of is - although, with a twist.

I think most things done currently with the frontend "frameworks", could be achieved with standard HTML5+JS, without any "build steps" or other bloat involved.

This said, there is a case for building on a commonly used mature platform, such as React, to speed up the development cycle and in order not inventing the wheel again.

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2. nevertoolate ◴[] No.43620268[source]
Nobody gets fired for buying IBM, I guess :(