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by fridgemaster 1136 days ago
I fail to see how HTMX could be the "future". It could have been something useful in the 2000s, back when browsers had trouble processing the many MBs of JS of a SPA. Nowadays SPA's run just fine, the average network bandwidth of a user is full-HD video tier, and even mobile microprocessors can crunch JS decently fast. There is no use case for HTMX. Fragmented state floating around in requests is also a big big problem.

The return of the "backend frontender" is also a non happening. The bar is now much higher in terms of UX and design, and for that you really need frontend specialists. Gone are the days when the backend guys could craft a few html templates and call it a day, knowing the design won't change much, and so they would be able to go back to DB work.
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MrVandemar 1136 days ago
> Nowadays SPA's run just fine, the average network bandwidth of a user is full-HD video tier, and even mobile microprocessors can crunch JS decently fast.

ie. "I don't live in a rural area, but that's fine, nobody who matters lives there."

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KyeRussell 1136 days ago
Really sounds to me like you’re speaking from your own professional context and are talking to consider the huge spectrum of circumstances in which web code is written.
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