This is the way. https://alpine-ajax.js.org provides what’s missing from HTMX.
For example, HTMX has websocket support, while it looks like Alpine doesn't. Alpine has Alpine AJAX, but also alpine-morph, etc.
I only saw one article specifically addressing combining the two, but also very little on server side transitioning from one to the other.
I wish there was an article on starting with HTMX and what Ajax looks like in p