[tmnvix]

> Building a web application with a UI in a professional context without a frontend build is borderline malpractice.

I sincerely disagree. I am not about to add node to a project that gets by fine with Django + HTMX.

I'm tempted to say that adding hundreds of perishable npm packages to a project is a better heuristic for 'malpractice'.

[flimsypremise]

Very funny that you think a build with an entire CMS involved is somehow "simpler". You apparently have a lot of patience for Django's static asset management pipeline, but I do not.