Completely agreed, I have the same feeling about a change in the zeitgeist. I just hope it’s not just because I want it to be true nolanlawson.com/2022/05/21/t…
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I’ll just leave @htmx_org over here and watch the smile on your face.
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Replying to @tastapod @htmx_org
I’d like to smile, but something like <div hx-put="/messages"> makes me cry

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Replying to @stilkov @tastapod
not for everyone, but it's a consistent generalization of hypermedia: - an element can issue a request - any event can trigger a request - any HTTP verb can be used - any element can be replaced
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I’m sure it meets its goals well, but unobtrusiveness and progressive enhancement don’t seem to be among them
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Replying to @stilkov @htmx_org
It would be great if html had all-things-can-submit and all-things-can-be-links built in but until then I’m afraid there will be syntax burps. The overall model is lovely, however.
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SPAs will stay for very personalized pages or with sensitive info, delegating rendering costs to te clients, reducing the need to scale CPU on the server side, keeping it cheap and simple without the fear that any rendered #PII/#PHI is cached on any server/proxy. #html #web