You can absolutely do it with HTMX. It'll feel SPA-smooth without all of the complexity. Some companies have rich and responsive UIs using plain HTML and an HTM

You can absolutely do it with HTMX. It'll feel SPA-smooth without all of the complexity. Some companies have rich and responsive UIs using plain HTML and an HTMX-like lib on top of it (like Hey.com). Pretty smooth and can be even reactive. This is a reaction video (sorry) because I couldn't find the original, but in it you see plenty of things associated with SPAs being done in HTMX, from a company that went from React to HTMX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIzwyyHolRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIzwyyHolRs Add a few animations and transitions on top and I doubt anyone could tell the difference.