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Comment by game_the0ry | Hacker News Reader

I never used or looked into htmx, but...

I feel like htmx fell into the same hype-cycle as every JS framework - initial interest was enthusiastic, but will likely fade as folks use it in the real world and any holes in the things it tries to solve are exposed.

On to the next, I guess...

Or go back to Ruby on Rails :)

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> Or go back to Ruby on Rails

When you do that, you'll see the point of htmx.

There are simple things it would be nice to do without either 1. A server + framework, 2. A full on SPA, 3. Hand writing tedious js.

There is a nice sweet spot for htmx here; whether it can build the required network effect is another story, and not always reflective of the quality of the idea.

Don't get me wrong - I love the idea of an open source project pushing mainstream ideas of how tech should be done, but those projects should be scrutinized and will always need to prove themselves in real world implementations. When that happens, the tech needs to evolve, be well-documented, and well-maintained.

I think htmx is doing an admirable job so far.

>Or go back to Ruby on Rails :)

HTMX is basically a backend agnostic Hotwire, which is the direction RoR has gone

htmx is not a framework, or even library. it's only one implementation of an idea. an idea that needs to be implemented by the browser instead of something external like a js file.

gotta start somewhere

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