yes, hypermedia couples things at the application layer, but decouples at the network architecture level: https://htmx.org/essays/two-approaches-to-decoupling/

yes, hypermedia couples things at the application layer, but decouples at the network architecture level: https://htmx.org/essays/two-approaches-to-decoupling/ https://htmx.org/essays/two-approaches-to-decoupling/ htmx uses Hypermedia As The Engine of Application State: https://htmx.org/essays/hateoas/ https://htmx.org/essays/hateoas/ The problems you have had appear to be addressable using techniques outlined here (from least to most complicated): https://htmx.org/examples/update-other-content/ https://htmx.org/examples/update-other-content/ Of course, there are going to be applications and features that the hypermedia approach are good or not appropriate for, I try to outline those situations here: https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/ https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/ I think you could build an excellent comments system using htmx if you wished to.