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> But what is the alternative?

I mean, templates are a thing people use.

Can you explain what you mean, if it's not one of the things I mentioned (that are often called "templates") and how it doesn't have the drawbacks for a small team that I mentioned?

I'm guessing they meant something like jinja,ejs,jade,etc. where you have your html in a separate file and your lisp code would just render said html file with the necessary variables.

I think you implied that in your last point but I'd be curious to find a designer who knew lisp better than HTML.

> I'm guessing they meant something like jinja,ejs,jade,etc. where you have your html in a separate file and your lisp code would just render said html file with the necessary variables

That doesn't benefit our designer who knows lisp well enough, and it doesn't benefit our programmer who knows lisp very well (or they would have done it).

> I'd be curious to find a designer who knew lisp better than HTML.

Well, if your team is a handful of lisp developers, then all of them.

Perhaps buried is the assumption that hiring/resources are free, or that there is some kind of gatekeeping for the term and title "designer". If it helps to make the point clearer: I program and I design, and I know lisp better than I know HTML.

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