[NoGravitas]

Yep. I wrote a web app a few years ago that was moderately popular in its niche, using Django and htmx's predecessor, intercooler to add interactivity. I think the big issue with this article is that the author fundamentally wants to write client-side apps, and Django is a server-side framework, so it's not really meeting his needs.

The async issue is valid — I have wanted to use server-sent events with intercooler/htmx — but the answer seems to be just to use Django Channels, or be patient and wait until the async features are actually finished.