> "Using htmx is reminiscent of the dark times of web development directly over ftp without using a version control system." Were those really the issues in th

> "Using htmx is reminiscent of the dark times of web development directly over ftp without using a version control system." Were those really the issues in the dark times? To me those times are back when very incompatible scripting languages, with very incompatible browser DOM implementations roamed the land. The simplicity of MPAs, the immediate feel of just writing to disk and refreshing the browser, without any slow transpilation process - this is how I remember the "dark times" of htmx.