alt Hacker NewsI've been using htmx for three years now, and it's completely unlocked new ways of building software for the web, especially if you use a server-side templating language.
But more importantly (as this "Game Boy" option reveals), the head honcho is really responsive with the items in the store. I had purchased a coffee mug a few years back and complained on Twitter that they need to sell larger mugs instead of only offering little tiny baby mugs that only hold ~8 ounces of liquid. The next day, he added giant 48-ounce monsters to the store and I've been drinking out of that mug every day since.
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Exactly, I just released another project made with htmx and it's almost like you can't beat that velocity.
Sorry, but at that size (1.25 liters) for my European brain, it's not a mug anymore, it's a barrel.
So you drink weak coffee and insist on server-side rendering in 2026?
Tell me about it. I made a joke about the store selling 'Complexity Bad' onesies, and he started selling them later that day.
> I've been using htmx for three years now, and it's completely unlocked new ways of building software for the web, especially if you use a server-side templating language.
Likewise. 3 or 4 years ago, I ripped out two-thirds of all the JS in my B2B SaaS by using htmx with server-side templating. So much simpler.
The ethos of allowing a return to a simpler way of building a web app resonates with me.