Comment by nasretdinov a day ago
As a backend engineer I really like where all of this is going. In many many cases you do not need anything beyond what HTMX provides, and it makes the build and testing process so much simpler, and faster too
The limitations of HTMX are not the same as the limitations of Datastar. Datastar is a whole other beast with only a few at most vestigial similarities to HTMX.
You can't do virtual scroll over a billion checkboxes in HTMX (I've yet to see anyone manage in react for that matter either), yet you can do it easily in Datastar. [1]
We live in a backend dictatorship after all don’t we?
This levels concept resonates with me: https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/progressive-complexity-manife...
There are cases where you need more than htmx / datastar, but i like the explicit calling out of when these boundaries occur (e.g. you've exceeded what "islands" can give you), and i like the gravitational pull to lower levels.