Can we please stop adding complexity to our systems just so we can do it in JavaScript? If you can do it without JavaScript, you probably should. Tools shouldn’t add complexity.
You don’t need a framework to render static content to the end user. Stop creating complex solutions to simple problems.
Progressive enhancement is a design and development principle where we build in layers which automatically turn themselves on based on the browser’s capabilities.
The idea of progressive enhancement is that everyone gets the perfect experience for them, rather than a pre-determined “perfect” experience from a design and development team.
A depressing but accurate description of the economics of web development.
Call it HTMLX or call it Hijax, what matters isn’t the code so much as the idea:
Front-end JavaScript fatigue is real. I’m guilty myself of over-engineering JS UI despite preferring good old server templates. I don’t even think HTMX is that good but the philosophy behind it embarrasses the modern JavaScript developer. For that I appreciate it very much.
The bar to overriding browser defaults should be way higher than it is.
Amen!
This is a great thought exercise in progressive enhancement …that Scott then turns into a real exercise!
You might want to use `display: contents` …maybe.
If you’re going to toggle the display of content with CSS, make sure the more complex selector does the hiding, not the showing.
Going back to school in Amsterdam.
The enshittification of React …which was already pretty shitty for users.
Trying to understand a different mindset to mine.