Likewise, I started using HTMX with AWS Step Functions as the backend and it’s been difficult but also a joy. Sfn these days makes for a weird and wild text templating engine. I’ve been thinking about working on DSL overlay to smooth the bumps a bit.
replyThat is not a use cases I would've expected Step Functions to handle; I'm intrigued. You're using express ones, I assume, but how are you wiring them up and why?
reply> I've been using htmx for three years now, and it's completely unlocked new ways of building software for the web, especially if you use a server-side templating language.
replyLikewise. 3 or 4 years ago, I ripped out two-thirds of all the JS in my B2B SaaS by using htmx with server-side templating. So much simpler.
The ethos of allowing a return to a simpler way of building a web app resonates with me.
Exactly, I just released another project made with htmx and it's almost like you can't beat that velocity.
replySorry, but at that size (1.25 liters) for my European brain, it's not a mug anymore, it's a barrel.
replyI think the legal term is a "heart attack".
replyRight. People look at me funny for drinking my tea from a 500 ml thermal mug, courtesy of USS Defiant replicators, and it's not because of the Starfleet delta on it (people don't even recognize it, philistines).
reply1.25 liters is way beyond even my own addiction to lightweight liquid stimulants.
It's more than double the size of a Sports Direct mug, which is about the largest cup of tea a Briton would consider
replyTell me about it. I made a joke about the store selling 'Complexity Bad' onesies, and he started selling them later that day.
replyThis implies it's all dropshipped print-on-demand, of course. Which is fine if you're just considering it a donation incentive rather than a worthwhile product in its own right.
replyThat's amazing!
replySo you drink weak coffee and insist on server-side rendering in 2026?
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