https://htmx.org/essays/hypermedia-friendly-scripting/ https://htmx.org/essays/hypermedia-friendly-scripting/ https://hypermedia.systems/client-side-scripting/

https://htmx.org/essays/hypermedia-friendly-scripting/ https://htmx.org/essays/hypermedia-friendly-scripting/ https://hypermedia.systems/client-side-scripting/ https://hypermedia.systems/client-side-scripting/ I can understand the objection to the first request but the second is necessary to update state on the server. You could avoid the first request via scripting but the complexity, in my opinion in most cases, would not be worth it.