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htmx generalized hypermedia controls, so it makes HTML more powerful as a hypermedia:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3648188.3675127

that means you may be able to express more of your UI needs in HTML, using the traditional REST-ful architecture of the web (HATEOAS, in particular) and reserving JavaScript for the areas where that additional complexity adds the most value.

Depending on your application, this may lead to significant reduction in application complexity:

https://htmx.org/essays/a-real-world-react-to-htmx-port/