[stevoski]

> I've been using htmx for three years now, and it's completely unlocked new ways of building software for the web, especially if you use a server-side templating language.

Likewise. 3 or 4 years ago, I ripped out two-thirds of all the JS in my B2B SaaS by using htmx with server-side templating. So much simpler.

The ethos of allowing a return to a simpler way of building a web app resonates with me.

[sevenzero]

This should be the way. For some reason, over time, it became harder and harder to build web apps. Tech should be about making things easier though. I don't know where we went wrong.

[albuic]

JavaScript ?

[sevenzero]

Nah vanilla Javascript is fine as it was built to make stuff more interactive on the frontend side, which it works great for.

[albuic]

I don't agree. JavaScript was definitly not fine when it started and because of it, people had to create multiple libraries and framework to go around differences in web-browsers. They got used to libraries and big framework as they really were necessary first. Now that JavaScript is pretty good, they are still used to frameworks and libraries which are very often unnecessary.