[armandososa]

> I feel it would be doable for a framework to determine which links should be client-side routed versus not

I think that is worse. Replacing a core html element behind the scenes to do a `history.pushState` is like to monkey patching. This way you can still use <a> elements and everything will work just fine, or you can very deliberately use a <Link> element if you want the extra functionality it provides.

Same as with the <form> element which will work just fine in Remix as if it was a 2005 PHP project. Or you can use Remix‘s <Form> component which does all the "AJAX" magic behind the scenes that you'll spend two weeks adding to your 2005 PHP project.