[ndyg]

> As they should! Building with htmx works a lot better if you play to its strengths. You can send JSON-formatted form bodies, if you really insist. But you shouldn’t!

This excellent essay overlooked a '*':

* unless you are using bash + jq for your backend, in which case, JSON-formatted form bodies are quite reasonable.

[alexpetros]

Author here. Happy to admit that bash + jq backends are an excellent reason to use JSON formatted bodies. Godspeed you crazy animal.