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Nothing wrong here, but Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026. Nowadays I use FastAPI/SQLAlchemy for the backend and Sv

by hk__2 6mo ago

Nothing wrong here, but Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026. Nowadays I use FastAPI/SQLAlchemy for the backend and SvelteKit on the frontend.

rrr_oh_man 6mo ago
You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done. IMHO the main thing technical people get wrong about B2B problems. Also calling HTMX old makes me feel old.
- JanSchu 6mo ago
  yeah htmx is from 2020, it feels like yesterday
  - benterix 6mo ago
    SvelteKit is also from 2020.
- hk__2 6mo ago
  > You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done Yes, and Django feels like more of a Drillator than a simple screwdriver to me.
JanSchu 6mo ago
I do have originally a data science background, thus python is usually my go to language, and have a lot of experience with django already. This helps a lot when reviewing AI code and if you have to judge architecture, etc. And for hmtx I simply wanted to have something lightweight that is not very invasive to keep things simple and dependencies low. In my head this was a good consideration to keep complexity low for my AI agents :-)
- hk__2 6mo ago
  Sure there is nothing wrong here, I was just talking about a feeling. HTMX is quite recent, but this idea of embedding logic into HTML reminds me of the old jQuery days.
_heimdall 6mo ago
HTMX is 5 years old, version 2 is just under 2 years old, and the last release (2.0.7) came out 7 months ago.
JodieBenitez 6mo ago
> Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026. It's simple, it works, it's efficient, safe, and there are tons of online resources for it. Excellent choice, even more so when using a coding agent.
purerandomness 6mo ago
FastAPI is quite old (2018) Svelte even older (2016, SvelteKit was just an new version in 2022) SQLAlchemy is ancient (2006) Use newer tech, like HTMX (2020) (/s obviously)

by hk__2 6mo ago

Nothing wrong here, but Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026. Nowadays I use FastAPI/SQLAlchemy for the backend and SvelteKit on the frontend.

rrr_oh_man 6mo ago

You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done. IMHO the main thing technical people get wrong about B2B problems. Also calling HTMX old makes me feel old.

JanSchu 6mo ago
yeah htmx is from 2020, it feels like yesterday
- benterix 6mo ago
  SvelteKit is also from 2020.
hk__2 6mo ago
> You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done Yes, and Django feels like more of a Drillator than a simple screwdriver to me.

JanSchu 6mo ago

I do have originally a data science background, thus python is usually my go to language, and have a lot of experience with django already. This helps a lot when reviewing AI code and if you have to judge architecture, etc. And for hmtx I simply wanted to have something lightweight that is not very invasive to keep things simple and dependencies low. In my head this was a good consideration to keep complexity low for my AI agents :-)

hk__2 6mo ago
Sure there is nothing wrong here, I was just talking about a feeling. HTMX is quite recent, but this idea of embedding logic into HTML reminds me of the old jQuery days.

_heimdall 6mo ago

HTMX is 5 years old, version 2 is just under 2 years old, and the last release (2.0.7) came out 7 months ago.

JodieBenitez 6mo ago

> Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026. It's simple, it works, it's efficient, safe, and there are tons of online resources for it. Excellent choice, even more so when using a coding agent.

purerandomness 6mo ago

FastAPI is quite old (2018) Svelte even older (2016, SvelteKit was just an new version in 2022) SQLAlchemy is ancient (2006) Use newer tech, like HTMX (2020) (/s obviously)