HN is not real world, just like how Reddit is not real world.
I am a FE with 10 years of experience, and has tried, and tried really really hard and multiple attempts to make HTMX works well.
Doesn’t work. UX is much worse, code discoverability is much worse, slower to code in, everything is messier than just plain React SPA with JSON data. Terrible, terrible DX and UX.
Seriously, there is a reason why despite all the rage in going back to multi page Django/Rails app, very very few people actually take it seriously. You just don’t hear the negativity because most folks just tried it, saw that it is worse, and moved on without writing a blog post.
I am a FE with 10 years of experience, and has tried, and tried really really hard and multiple attempts to make HTMX works well.
Doesn’t work. UX is much worse, code discoverability is much worse, slower to code in, everything is messier than just plain React SPA with JSON data. Terrible, terrible DX and UX.
Seriously, there is a reason why despite all the rage in going back to multi page Django/Rails app, very very few people actually take it seriously. You just don’t hear the negativity because most folks just tried it, saw that it is worse, and moved on without writing a blog post.