If you've been following web development news lately, you couldn't have missed the great debate of the moment. On one side, the ever-growing complexity of the modern JavaScript ecosystem (React, hooks, hydration, state managers, bundlers...). On the other side, the liberating promise of HTMX : a return to the roots, to HTML, hypermedia, and server-side rendering.

Many developers feel a genuine sense of relief when discovering HTMX. Goodbye JS bloat, hello simplicity.

But there's a catch.

HTMX is incredible for dashboards, back-offices, or classic CRUD applications. But what happens when your project requires a highly rich interface? Complex drag-and-drop, nested workflows, heavy data visualization, offline-first UI... In these cases, hypermedia minimalism is no longer enough.…