# ![@htmx_org Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1037022474762768384.png) @htmx_org htmx.org / CEO of div tags (same thing)

htmx.org / CEO of div tags (same thing) posts on X about javascript, twitter, devs, elon musk the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
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**Social topic influence**
[javascript](/topic/javascript), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [devs](/topic/devs), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [money](/topic/money), [if you](/topic/if-you), [redis](/topic/redis), [discord](/topic/discord), [has been](/topic/has-been), [we are](/topic/we-are)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [PSYOP (PSYOP)](/topic/$psyop) [Toyota Motor Corporation (TM)](/topic/$tm) [Reddit, Inc.  (RDDT)](/topic/reddit) [Merge (MERGE)](/topic/merge)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"the htmx developer starter kit - print out - tape to wall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1306234341056344065)  2020-09-16T14:11Z 57.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I am happy to announce hyperscript 0.0.4 Highlights: - an extendable grammar - pluggable hide/show commands - dead simple web workers that you interact w/ via function calls (they work in js btw) - async transparency (no async/await or callbacks) 🍻 https://hyperscript.org/posts/2021-02-28-hyperscript-0.0.4-is-released/ https://hyperscript.org/posts/2021-02-28-hyperscript-0.0.4-is-released/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1365792819420352515)  2021-02-27T22:35Z 52.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Let's go through these: A pluggable grammar - you can add new features commands and some types of expressions dynamically to the language: I expect this to be used to create jQuery like plugins for hyperscript such as lock (blockUI) or growl https://hyperscript.org/docs/#extending https://hyperscript.org/docs/#extending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1365796687533334529)  2021-02-27T22:51Z 52.2K followers, [--] engagements


"happy to announce that htmx has passed 8k stars on github hypermedia is making a comeback folks and we are all part of it tell a friend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1579130921328193537)  2022-10-09T15:25Z 50.4K followers, [---] engagements


"if you missed it: excellent visual commentary on simplistic application of the Separation of Concerns design principle by @DenizAksimsek @t3dotgg via @DenizAksimsek https://t.co/oHCEEJOQwl @t3dotgg via @DenizAksimsek https://t.co/oHCEEJOQwl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1614662224362237953)  2023-01-15T16:34Z 52.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@angel_d_munoz @AdamRackis @matthewcp we are going to add a 'morph' swap based on our idiomorph library in [---] (available now as an extension w/ 1.0) in order to minimize DOM disconnects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1661881631311790080)  2023-05-25T23:47Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@mfpears @JLarky the "form" attribute is particularly important when you are trying to integrate form behavior with something like a table row which doesn't allow for arbitrary element nesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1661883243023544321)  2023-06-30T00:52Z 33.7K followers, [---] engagements


""HTML is content CSS is presentation & Javascript is behavior" a lot of web devs forget that HTML *has behavior baked into it* via form & anchor tags that is via *hypermedia controls* they are just very limited hypermedia controls which is exactly what htmx tries to address"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1668716037745901568)  2023-06-13T20:24Z 50.8K followers, 31K engagements


"@danmatthews i see editor config information in there seems like it's asking a lot of an already burdened package.json"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1673061509872877569)  2023-06-25T20:12Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@ThePrimeagen u almost got urself a refollow there very strong effort sir javascript s/b banned on pain of death based on the module situation alone look at this shit who can make any sense of any of this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1673459170522038273)  2023-06-26T22:37Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@kuzrob form id="foo" . /form . button hx-post="/whatever" hx-include="#foo" . https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-include/ https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-include/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1673701590304210945)  2023-06-27T14:35Z 50.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Hahahahahahahaha How The Heck Are Minor API Breaking Changes Real Hahahaha Fella Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Fella Just Don't Change The Code Haha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1674442984429965312)  2023-06-29T18:46Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@mitchellh come home web developer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1674508225327034393)  2023-06-29T20:38Z 39.2K followers, 21.8K engagements


"@largo yep htmx is intercooler.js [---] (broke the jQuery dependency cleaned it up a bit)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1674522461939851264)  2023-06-29T20:59Z 39.2K followers, [---] engagements


"POV: you are about to agree for the wrong reasons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1674593281676828673)  2023-06-30T01:38Z 39.5K followers, [--] engagements


"feelin a little punchy today ngl so lets have a look in on the ol DMs shall we mr htmx-only-works-for-toy-websites shall we mmm yes yes we shall question for you: do you like apples"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677397657206005785)  2023-07-13T03:05Z 39.2K followers, 108.4K engagements


"hey some good news: old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-hypermedia-apalooza in SF was sold out. but theyve added some more tickets the talk will be at toy soldier in downtown SF you can grab some tickets here: should be fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677533410150035458)  2023-07-08T17:03Z 33.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@rpdhfmrl @techsavvytravvy nah json/rpc wasnt adopted because it was more efficient it was adopted because you could build better ux in javascript & json/rpc was less crazy than xml/rpc both were a reversion to an older network arch: RPC hypermedia is a less efficient format but that wasnt the issue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677737783664705537)  2023-07-08T17:53Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@ShawnWildermuth @gilligan128 htmx is a straight enhancement of htmls native hypermedia controls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677850121986293762)  2023-07-09T02:14Z 29K followers, [--] engagements


"@gilligan128 @ShawnWildermuth Htmx is pure front end just attributes to drive hypermedia exchanges in response to events and data lace the returned html somewhere in the dom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677866077378756609)  2023-07-09T02:24Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"unironically believe that heavy cream is better for you than 70-80% of the beverages available for purchase at the average American gas station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1677894158873432064)  2023-07-09T23:51Z 39.2K followers, 13K engagements


"italianos are talking smack about htmx & hyperscript on the reddits & I AM MAD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678176580353376258)  2023-07-09T23:13Z 39.5K followers, 11.9K engagements


"daily reminder just how old htmx is: htmx is intercooler.js [---] (w/ the jQuery dep removed) first intercooler checkin was in Dec [----] based on a js library I had built & been using internally @Chrometa for [--] years so htmx is at least a decade old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678187683409977344)  2023-07-10T05:53Z 29.3K followers, 19.5K engagements


"i changed the name from "intercooler.js" to "htmx" because - htmx is a rad name - i had figured out that the whole thing was about hypermedia not being "another js library" - i got sick of it being compared w/ other *.js libs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678189624919744513)  2023-07-09T23:49Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"these days a lot of folks are saying nice things about htmx & I really enjoy that but in the early days it was pretty ugly out there i remember a reddit thread [----] where someone asked "If you could build the worst JavaScript framework possible what features would it have""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678189627092393985)  2023-07-10T00:47Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"it's over friends i will never forget u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678404564070940676)  2023-07-10T14:35Z 39.2K followers, 66.2K engagements


"wtf is a "follow" lmao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678408918802767873)  2023-07-11T19:07Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"seeing wild vicious claims that htmx "is javascript" absolutely 100% false it is written in protoindoeuropean (using "Indogermanisches etymologisches Wrterbuch" as a reference obv) then transpirited into VB6 which is artisanally hand ported to WASM by @benpate5280"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678413500652179459)  2023-07-10T15:03Z 32.9K followers, 11.5K engagements


"Look. me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See they're McDonald's. I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac I got the Big Mick. I hope @htmx_org's new logo is real and not just a parody of @sveltejs because I really like it https://t.co/97uociiwV4 I hope @htmx_org's new logo is real and not just a parody of @sveltejs because I really like it https://t.co/97uociiwV4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678424729890308098)  2023-07-10T15:23Z 50.7K followers, 51.8K engagements


"lads & ladettes this is actually happening: I am packing my bag to ride an airplane (excited to find out what that is) to SF for this talk [--] more tickets available from what Im hearing should be fun/disastrous (same thing) see u soon hey some good news: old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-hypermedia-apalooza in SF was sold out. but theyve added some more tickets the talk will be at toy soldier in downtown SF you can grab some tickets here: https://t.co/QefoeYOjsn should be fun hey some good news: old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-hypermedia-apalooza in SF was sold out. but theyve added some more tickets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678449220615905296)  2023-07-10T17:00Z 50.3K followers, [----] engagements


"every time i tweet about this i expect someone to come in and b me tfo wrt to GraphQL & the security ramifications a little disturbing that it hasn't happened yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678527324608684039)  2023-07-11T07:32Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@therealdecross @vyrotek I like the joker but the people have spoken smh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678764153111212033)  2023-07-11T13:55Z 39.3K followers, [--] engagements


"OK didnt plan on this but I guess that this is now a software security stan account: security is always a concern"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678765890257707010)  2023-07-11T18:16Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"imagine changing clothes like a child are you even serious about internet influencing lmao rip u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678768064501006337)  2023-07-11T14:40Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@therealdecross @dmacias @elonmusk plz help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678792031177695235)  2023-07-11T15:43Z 32.7K followers, [--] engagements


"as a security expert & w/the caveat that i am not a security expert I am going to go on record as saying: this is bad probably Fun fact - next.js website have a little __NEXT tag when your right click that has *all* the data in that website. Makes scrapping propriety data super easy. Fun fact - next.js website have a little __NEXT tag when your right click that has *all* the data in that website. Makes scrapping propriety data super easy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678806118020292609)  2023-07-11T16:39Z 50.4K followers, 14.6K engagements


"big if true but more research needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678810805285031937)  2023-07-11T17:04Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"holds up still have no idea what hydration is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678813507981283328)  2023-07-11T19:07Z 39.2K followers, 36.8K engagements


"full disclosure I have never used or read about naxt.js next.js nixt.js noxt.js nuxt.js or (sometimes) nyxt.js so take everything I say about them with a grain of salt just want to shoot straight w everyone here ymmv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678815108364128256)  2023-07-11T19:08Z 39.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"@nexxeln @elonmusk plz help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1678816414394900480)  2023-07-11T18:11Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements


"this unhinged mockery of so-called mature programmers has gone viral and @elonmusk just sits there and *refuses* to do anything except shoot rockets into space and nearby fields and make twitter better (never used it dont care) absolutely furious rn (right now)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1679177850606473216)  2023-07-12T17:21Z 39.2K followers, 12.4K engagements


"name a more iconic duo i'll wait"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1680951780996177921)  2023-07-17T14:45Z 39.2K followers, 36.6K engagements


"wtf have you guys looked into this seems htmx.js is written IN JAVASCRIPT I just checked we have all been played for ABSOLUTE FOOLS /cc @elonmusk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1682050320082546688)  2023-07-20T15:30Z 48.7K followers, 62.4K engagements


"yesterday everyone is giving me grief because htmx.js is written in JavaScript and yet today we find that is returning hypermedia and not a peep from the so called web development "thought" "leaders" so called curious http://json.org $ curl -s -I -X GET https://t.co/AspqdBA91y HTTP/1.1 [---] OK Content-Type: text/html lmao owned http://json.org $ curl -s -I -X GET https://t.co/AspqdBA91y HTTP/1.1 [---] OK Content-Type: text/html lmao owned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1682401522980732932)  2023-07-21T14:45Z 48.7K followers, 42K engagements


"even small amounts of hypermedia in your web application can be extremely dangerous & should be handled w/ extreme care by professionals only (2003 web master w/ [--] oz of pure hypermedia colorized & spirals added how little we knew back then)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1682803904772227072)  2023-07-22T17:24Z 48.7K followers, 14.6K engagements


"in these trying times it can be hard to know who to trust we here at htmx inc. ltd. share your families concerns about the recent accusations being leveled against "htmx" to assist in this matter we have produced a flow diagram to help determine if you have in fact been owned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1682952749309386753)  2023-07-23T03:16Z 48.7K followers, 46.2K engagements


"thinking about a new rule: will not debate (explain) htmx security considerations w/you unless you print out a physical copy of The API Churn/Security Trade-off: staple it together & post a picture of yourself holding it you must be smiling idk wdyt https://intercoolerjs.org/2016/02/17/api-churn-vs-security.html https://intercoolerjs.org/2016/02/17/api-churn-vs-security.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1683133101608779776)  2023-07-23T15:12Z 45.2K followers, 24.4K engagements


"absolutely furious rn (right now) face down on the floor kicking & screaming raging over my rejection (so called lawyers are discussing as we speak/xeet) of CEO of HTML by @w3c however podcasters if you'd like to chat about our new book plz email: podcasts@bigsky.softare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1683500079745728512)  2023-07-30T16:34Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"hiring managers will never recover from this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1685030032706539520)  2023-07-28T20:50Z 39.2K followers, 10.5K engagements


"question: is there a flask/sinatra.rb equivalent in the JavaScript world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1686166671483158531)  2023-08-01T00:09Z 39.2K followers, 18.8K engagements


"htmx is the front end library that your youtube/twitch (same thing) web dev influencer warned you about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1686354052668612608)  2023-08-01T12:31Z 47.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@FilipeSommer @DwayneCodes @nodejs @vercel ah but he just said it in the tweet u are replying to (not joking reread it) therefore contradicting ur claim "said no one ever" i bet u feel pretty silly now that i've pointed out your logical fallacy here on the ol' twitters nothin' personnel kid we all make embarrassing mis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1686393569882562562)  2023-08-01T15:28Z 39.3K followers, [---] engagements


"htmx holds all backend technologies in esteem even javascript (ikr) however @djangoproject will always have a special place of honor for us because that community was the first to take up htmx & start talking about it thank you djangonauts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1686394932167311361)  2023-08-01T15:15Z 39.2K followers, 14.3K engagements


"HTML may or may not be a programming language (it is u are wrong as per usual) but it sure as shinola *is* a valid API response format just because you return JSON to an HTTP (lmao) request doesn't mean you get the shiney "API" badge and no one else does"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1686846834868879366)  2023-08-03T03:16Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"gentlemen it is with deep sorrow & furious anger that I must report that we are so back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1687841436484476928)  2023-08-06T07:40Z 39.2K followers, 19K engagements


"i do not agree with this take"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688192244971634688)  2023-08-06T14:16Z 29.5K followers, 46.5K engagements


"ok i like the ol' online punchy punch but that's just mean spirited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688209448580341760)  2023-08-06T15:24Z 39.2K followers, 17.4K engagements


"superposition theory continues to intrigue but experimental replication remains elusive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688518806505975808)  2023-08-07T11:53Z 39.5K followers, [----] engagements


"stone cold front end mistake of the century. of the week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688590428176789504)  2023-08-07T16:38Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"look the horse is a bit much I admit (no) but people are building fintech systems in server side javascript let's not pretend the htmx horse bit is where the industry went off the rails"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688662140071100417)  2023-08-07T21:23Z 39.3K followers, [---] engagements


"imagine a boss hearing from the engineers that they want to try out a hot new web framework called 'htmx' so they decide to google it (bosses always google) and land on this masterpiece:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1688680276212228096)  2023-08-07T22:35Z 48.7K followers, 45.3K engagements


"@alexbunardzic @DevOpsCraftsman well in practical web development the rel attribute hasn't proved widely useful outside of style links i have a longer essay in the back of my brain on why this is but haven't written it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1689310592316710916)  2023-08-09T16:20Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"there are no 80/20 type systems because language developers can't help themselves and until there are I will continue to insist that they are the answer to all our problems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1689323940055851024)  2023-08-09T17:13Z 50.4K followers, 10.2K engagements


"claims 80/20 typesystems will fix everything refuses to elaborate leaves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1689342599964823557)  2023-08-09T18:27Z 29.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@ThePrimeagen "oh dan abramov I'm npm updaaaaaaaaaating""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1689652425156943872)  2023-08-10T14:58Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"wild swirling rumors circulating that htmx isn't the perfect solution for every single possible application need that can be speculatively suggested on the ol' twitters disturbing claims that require more careful research starting my research here: 🤔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1690046031663091729)  2023-08-11T17:02Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


""but what if society collapses and the internet is forever wiped from the face of the earth and all of human civilization is consumed in a cleansing fire and the dinosaurs get another shot at running things. will htmx handle this situation gracefully" yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1690049185913937927)  2023-08-11T17:15Z 39.3K followers, 18.1K engagements


"@lyker1723 _()_/ i mean there's a whole book they can read for free and a boatload of essays that provide a theoretical basis for the approach but at the end of the day if they are happy w/ jQuery i'm not going to hunt them down and make them use htmx it's just code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1690365965144371200)  2023-08-12T14:13Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"whatever happens we have got the contexte demo and they have not * react - htmx on a real world commercial app * same UX * [-----] LOC to [----] LOC on front end * [---] to [--] js deps * TTI reduced 50% * mem usage reduced 45% * whole team became full-stack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1690377374209060864)  2023-08-12T14:59Z 39.2K followers, 48.2K engagements


"its over for us both @PostgreSQL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1690440465408225280)  2023-08-12T19:09Z 40.1K followers, 34.1K engagements


"general sense is that htmx is getting less pushback from javascript enthusiasts lately hope is that once the dust settles hypermedia is just viewed as another tool to consider: appropriate for some situations less so for others not either/or but yes/and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1691113890111959040)  2023-08-14T15:45Z 32.3K followers, 13.3K engagements


"would like to hear from the peanut gallery about this: specific situations where htmx started getting too hairy & they switched to an SPA approach htmx isn't a magic bullet (there are none) and real world positive & negative examples would be valuable for people evaluating it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1691132491288006671)  2023-08-14T16:59Z 39.3K followers, 11.2K engagements


"this htmx powered UI has a dropdown by the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1691297146253791232)  2023-08-15T03:53Z 39.2K followers, 30.4K engagements


"htmx is written in javascript btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1691476112214286337)  2023-08-15T15:45Z 39.2K followers, 43.9K engagements


"Daily reminder that we have a book that you can buy and not read or even better read: Worst case scenario its a cool cover and can be used as a weapon or ballast in a pinch https://www.amazon.com/Hypermedia-Systems-Carson-Gross/dp/B0C9S88QV6/ the act of purchasing a software book and not reading it is one of the most celebrated software engineering past times https://www.amazon.com/Hypermedia-Systems-Carson-Gross/dp/B0C9S88QV6/ the act of purchasing a software book and not reading it is one of the most celebrated software engineering past times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692339465749139904)  2023-08-18T00:55Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx + @Alpine_JS is a great combo: - htmx for server interactions - alpine for client-side interactions & islands-of-interactivity - integrate the two via events we have a section on the pairing in our book here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692557097240531166)  2023-08-18T15:20Z 39.2K followers, 26.9K engagements


"@alexbunardzic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692557448278593911)  2023-08-18T15:21Z 32.4K followers, [---] engagements


"yes htmx is the ska band of front end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692560775766749276)  2023-08-18T15:35Z 39.5K followers, [----] engagements


"i understand wanting to never touch js but recall that scripting was *explicitly* part of the web from the start: by using events htmx allows you to customize/intervene in behaviors w/o adding more config code internally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692984146254041380)  2023-08-19T19:37Z 33K followers, 19K engagements


"htmx [---] is going to be very conservative: - drop IE support - remove legacy WS/SSE in favor of the new extensions - change a few defaults (mostly transparent for most users) - *maybe* a morph swap 99+% of users shouldn't notice the upgrade when it comes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1692986081556267222)  2023-08-19T19:45Z 39.3K followers, 56.9K engagements


""I wonder how this works." *right clicks* *views source* "Oh neat." never forget what they took from you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1693650448060915911)  2023-08-21T15:45Z 39.2K followers, 78.5K engagements


"daily reminder that this applies to htmx as well: if you want to get hired learn react you can learn htmx in a day anyway and introduce it later when the boss isn't looking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1693689782369648763)  2023-08-21T18:21Z 39.2K followers, 51.2K engagements


"looking into this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1693725680650129625)  2023-08-21T20:44Z 32.9K followers, [----] engagements


"mid is short for "making a difference" btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1693982380812538240)  2023-08-22T13:44Z 39.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"reminder that the preferred reading methodology is holding the book directly out in front of you as you walk around your office exclaiming "ah yes genius" "so simple yet so profound" "and so inexpensive on etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1693984973982982340)  2023-08-22T13:54Z 33.7K followers, 18.5K engagements


"@jhooks i'd just like to interject for a moment. what you're referring to as a framework is in fact a library or as I've recently taken to calling it a mid (making a difference) library. htmx is not an framework unto itself but rather another free component of a fully functioning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1694193151504969993)  2023-08-23T03:41Z 48.7K followers, 12.3K engagements


"absolutely thriving on these comments from @BHolmesDev's short on htmx i derive so much mad ape energy from them might be an issue i sometimes actually get more pumped on htmx by these comments than the nice things people say its weird"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1694404491771338856)  2023-08-23T17:41Z 31.5K followers, 19.5K engagements


"false dilemma this is how Big HTMDUX controls us by pitting us one against the other its an Ancient Greek strategy called divide et impera wake up sheeple"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1694556657773171071)  2023-08-24T03:46Z 29.6K followers, [----] engagements


"mfw reading the ol' youtubes comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1694747487297556482)  2023-08-24T16:24Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"_hyperscript is ultimately derived from HyperTalk the scripting language for HyperCard: it grew out of the ic-action attribute available in the intercooler.js days it is heavily influence by jQuery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1694848818750353452)  2023-08-24T23:07Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"yeah how's your morning going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695068089019428950)  2023-08-25T13:38Z 32.1K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx is not the only game in town when it comes to hypermedia-driven applications i'd like to mention one in particular: @unpolyjs TLDR: follow @unpolyjs & star unpoly is a very mature javascript library started in [----] (same as intercooler.js)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695114680510075228)  2023-08-25T16:43Z 39.3K followers, [--] engagements


"htmx doesn't have a build step: it's a single 3700-line javascript file @goodtweetsalex has written an essay on why that is:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695134301405450742)  2023-08-25T18:01Z 33.1K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx is glad to work with whatever backend and additional front end technologies you wish to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695184693539520942)  2023-08-25T21:21Z 39.2K followers, 10.2K engagements


"Q from the ol' reddits: "Will htmx kill front end jobs" No htmx is another tool in the toolbelt & in fact front end engineers are in a better position to utilize it effectively because they understand the env better (styling scripting events. etc.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695191175148490976)  2023-08-25T21:47Z 39.2K followers, 16.7K engagements


"wife started singing htmx is awesome to the tune of the lego movie theme this morning as i was explaining what meme game meant to her (she seemed indifferent) and i am pretty sure she was being sarcastic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695448077941813634)  2023-08-26T14:48Z 28.1K followers, 11.8K engagements


"rude but not wrong in two ways: - there is a lot of hype around htmx right now (i'm as surprised as everyone else) but it's just a tool w/ pros & cons: - htmx is a lot less complex than other options & to some folks this can look like a talent issue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695810631516176637)  2023-08-27T14:48Z 39.2K followers, 41.7K engagements


""why are you so nice to your critics""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1695818006767808649)  2023-08-27T15:18Z 32.1K followers, 32.4K engagements


"daily reminder that when it's the right fit htmx can be a heck of a w"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696151195419918536)  2023-08-28T13:22Z 39.2K followers, 26.5K engagements


"i have looked into this and haven't been able to find a good time/effort to quality solution does anyone have any suggestions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1696520625425412327)  2023-08-29T13:50Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"hearing rumors of a so called "hypermedia mafia" (akin to the paypal mafia but much more powerful wealthy & good looking) dark shadowy figures manipulating innocent developer influencers into compromising situations via "memes" (so called) remain vigilant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696543138918326724)  2023-08-29T15:19Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"yeah how's your day going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696575369514758489)  2023-08-29T17:27Z 39.5K followers, 29.1K engagements


"this might actually be true i'm not sure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696577073719210099)  2023-08-29T17:34Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"daily reminder that the people ackshullying about breaking a codebase up into a million tiny pieces are making an aesthetic judgement that is contradicted (in part) by the empirical research"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696623193765843279)  2023-08-29T20:37Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"don't tell people who are super mad that htmx.js is a single javascript file about _hyperscript.js btw 😬"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696627942888181999)  2023-08-29T20:56Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"look if the universe wanted us to break our javascript up into a bunch of different files it would have given us a single sane module mechanism that worked in browsers w/o any hacks this is obvious to anyone who has visited the hypersphere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696629082405118063)  2023-08-29T21:01Z 34.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@ignacy130 if you read the text it suggests breaking functions up when they get to 100/200 LOC or earlier based on locality etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696752334523494571)  2023-08-30T05:10Z 31K followers, [--] engagements


"6 months [--] years feeling a little big setting many up for greatness rn (right now) ngl (not going to languish)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696754439648858605)  2023-08-30T05:19Z 33.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@WarrenInTheBuff and yet the photographic evidence suggests otherwise curious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696884142305059088)  2023-08-30T13:54Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"_hyperscript haters in absolute shambles as we bring back the webring economy now powered by (tm) i'm having fun and if that makes you mad i am sorry but being setting many up for greatness. and friendship (smug af) is going to break a few eggs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696932584867938353)  2023-08-30T17:07Z 39.2K followers, 23.2K engagements


"the entire frontend (fe) world is focused on "SSR" (server side rendering) but has inadvertently left the ENTIRE WEBRING ECONOMY unguarded & unattended all htmx/hyperscript(same thing) needs to do is slide into this untapped market & bam: untold riches too easy how sweet it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696934258156224977)  2023-08-30T17:13Z 39.2K followers, 17.9K engagements


"🔥🔥🔥 the webring [---] economy brought to you by (tm) is just getting started. are you in 🔥🔥🔥 http://bigsky.software http://bigsky.software"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696952555576721643)  2023-08-30T18:26Z 50.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@artillain i do have a github sponsors on the homepage that's the only mechanism I have for sponsorship right now it's not something I'm pursuing super aggressively although I do appreciate the support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1696954655387898328)  2023-08-30T18:34Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Fear Of Looking Dumb is easily the most powerful weapon of the complexity demon steady yourself brother"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697257913583321231)  2023-08-31T14:39Z 39.6K followers, [----] engagements


"being able to mix approaches (and not immediately dismiss new code you encounter that does so) is a great skill to have in software development not either/or but yes/and where you pick the appropriate approach for a given context"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697259382743138329)  2023-08-31T14:45Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"looking into this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697259809668739156)  2023-08-31T14:47Z 39.3K followers, 22.1K engagements


"ok maybe lost my cool there a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697304388531052868)  2023-08-31T17:44Z 50.4K followers, 62.7K engagements


"daily reminder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697309070032777485)  2023-08-31T18:03Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"yeah so look i'm not google of facebook or vercel or ny times or whatever i'm a random guy in montana what other options did i have serious question"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697631054335824193)  2023-09-01T15:22Z 57.5K followers, 375.3K engagements


"sounds a lot cooler than "the people who get dragged online in obscurity while trying to get web devs to try a simpler approach for a decade and then give up in tears on the idea of changing anything and just start shitposting are the ones who do""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697674368908722429)  2023-09-01T18:14Z 34.3K followers, 17.4K engagements


"reclaim your birthright [--] years back every big hackerman high schooler was able to write a website pulling data from db displaying whatever. now i need to understand [--] different concepts ranging from networking to deployments to operating systems/docker to run a website displaying a table [--] years back every big hackerman high schooler was able to write a website pulling data from db displaying whatever. now i need to understand [--] different concepts ranging from networking to deployments to operating systems/docker to run a website displaying a table"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697676890608165225)  2023-09-01T18:24Z 39.2K followers, 17.1K engagements


"i was a wrestler btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697692421939736640)  2023-09-01T19:26Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"neo-webcore revival retropixel chaos i am for the first time afraid of AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697726363472625811)  2023-09-01T21:41Z 39.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"agreed there are a lot of really good hypermedia-oriented libs: @liveviewjs @LaravelLivewire @unpolyjs hotwire @DjangoUnicorn i caught a wave which is fun but you should definitely check out these other options"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1697983548899115510)  2023-09-02T14:43Z 39.2K followers, 11.9K engagements


"is an open source rss reader that uses htmx: ShowHN for it is currently sitting at #6 on hackernews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698038838940074301)  2023-09-02T18:23Z 39.2K followers, 10.5K engagements


"let's take a live look in on the ol' youtube comments section shall we ah yes perfection"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698094951551185344)  2023-09-02T22:06Z 39.2K followers, 44.5K engagements


"@JSn1nj4 it really is the best one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698132069124055061)  2023-09-03T00:33Z 32.1K followers, [---] engagements


"please lend your support to this admirable effort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698132416278225381)  2023-09-03T00:34Z 34K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx pasta gang rise up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698362171804270652)  2023-09-03T15:47Z 31K followers, [----] engagements


"this is actually the htmx origin story i was trying to sort a table client-side in [----] using jQuery & it was glacially slow (js runtimes were bad back then) in desperation i tried a $.get() & slammed the result into the table it worked great & was fast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698416147723403309)  2023-09-03T19:22Z 39.2K followers, 27.5K engagements


"i wrapped that up in a function and started adding more and more functionality to it (collecting form values etc.) i then saw a talk on angular which looked crazy to me but that used attributes & I realized my function could use them too hop skip & a jump: intercooler.js"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698416152005714080)  2023-09-03T19:22Z 34.3K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx has won the hearts & minds of baguette gang but pasta gang remains a maddening elusive quarry i remain optimistic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698535891390926967)  2023-09-04T03:18Z 39.2K followers, 26.8K engagements


"htmx is a library for efficient smart and above all else lazy people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698709747967357115)  2023-09-04T14:48Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"yeah i don't think "HTML is heavier than JSON" holds up if you make lean HTML a focus: the CPU/memory burn of producing a JSON rep & a partial HTML rep of a resource is going to be almost identical especially after zipping the payloads will be nearly identical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698729643044749757)  2023-09-04T16:08Z 39.3K followers, 15.1K engagements


"you can use native HTML elts like details for aggressive loading of data to avoid server round trips (or some light hypermedia-friendly scripting) also throw in the fact that the hypermedia-driven application is returning only the data needed to render the UI by definition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698729645561282815)  2023-09-04T16:08Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"finally you save a ton of time processing on the client side because you are leveraging the native C/C++ HTML parser rather than executing a bunch of javascript code all in all no reason hypermedia-driven applications shouldn't be able to compete w/ JSON-driven apps perf-wise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698729647306129497)  2023-09-04T16:08Z 33.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@fareesh probably edit row + targeting the whole table on save/cancel:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1698776845569929368)  2023-09-04T19:15Z 39.5K followers, [--] engagements


"somehow htmx has passed 20k stars on github thank you everyone willing to give it a try and especially to @fireship_dev & @ThePrimeagen for being willing to cover what is an admittedly idiosyncratic front end library"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699041642827890807)  2023-09-05T12:47Z 51.6K followers, 49.7K engagements


"hypermedia can be astonishingly fast w/ the right back end tools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699048026965414205)  2023-09-05T13:13Z 29K followers, 13.8K engagements


"@pranaavbv28 @filipplotnicki @kubical__ htmx can help keep the amount of javascript you write down but I still strongly recommend learning the language"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699048767906062715)  2023-09-05T13:16Z 34.5K followers, [--] engagements


"daily reminders that: 1) there is obviously a hype bubble around htmx right now. it's a good tool but it has plusses & minuses & isn't a silver bullet: 2) javascript isn't going anywhere & we recommend you learn it:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699081242086424971)  2023-09-05T15:25Z 39.2K followers, 13K engagements


"dear business owners & business owner employees: htmx is a business oriented javascript framework that - lowers costs 💵 - increases ROI 💸 - is interest rate resilient 📈 we here at htmx inc look forward to assisting in your incredible journey to hypermedia hyperprofitability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699116048270717013)  2023-09-05T17:43Z 48.7K followers, 22K engagements


"@dillon_mulroy @united we are a business oriented javascript framework btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699120416596378095)  2023-09-05T18:00Z 39.2K followers, [---] engagements


"we here at htmx inc have heard the market our sole source of truth & morality (same thing) and are happy to pre-announce htmx2EE the latest (soon to be) enterprise hypermedia system build and deploy directly to edge kubernetes AI tool and hypermedia message bus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699122026458276046)  2023-09-05T18:07Z 39.3K followers, 12.3K engagements


"further proof as if any were needed that the hypermedia technologies & services provided by htmx inc. will increase the story points velocity of your businesses incredible journey to hyperprofitability contact us in order to exchange money (yours) for more money (also yours)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699124655691346089)  2023-09-05T18:17Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@NutritiousLiana yes this sounds like a multi-year multi-organization hyperengagement which we have many years of experience with our consultants will hand guide your users HTTP requests into the appropriate distributed data store to ensure hypermedia compliance every step of the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699128359077171689)  2023-09-05T18:32Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"we here at htmx inc. do agree that this is quite the thick boi as the young people say these days an unprofessional comment but one that must be acknowledged with a sensible chuckle if one is to remain relevant to today's youth market"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699167657092636893)  2023-09-05T21:08Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"ladies and gentlemen. we got him trust the process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699396976423702982)  2023-09-06T12:19Z 50.4K followers, 45.9K engagements


"in response to this outrageous tweet htmx inc has issued the following press release a day may come when hypermedia as the engine of application state fails when we forsake the uniform interface and break all hrefs of hypermedia but it is not this day. for immediate release"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699399015090294796)  2023-09-06T12:27Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx inc. applauds this brave completely authentic & uncompensated endorsement of our services and stands with Berkeley Graphics (tm) & all other profitable digital ventures contacts us today to inquire about hypermedia & hypermedia accessories to power your hyperbusiness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699401315900899511)  2023-09-06T12:37Z 32.4K followers, [----] engagements


"pilot twist or is this an elaborate ruse to trick a certain tie-wearing technology contrarian into supporting JSON time will tell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699416209131753970)  2023-09-06T13:36Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@bitfalls well it's a bit more elaborate than that: w/intercooler.js we took pjax/$.get() & mashed it up w/AngularJS's attribute-driven approach then we tried to push that idea & got dragged online for a decade and & up then covid hit & we rewrote it w/o the jQuery dependency as htmx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699429646922588507)  2023-09-06T14:29Z 39.3K followers, [---] engagements


"ok i have been businessing for about [--] hours now can someone tell me when the "money" part starts because that's the part i'm primarily interested in at this point the money part sounds like the most interesting part of the whole thing if i'm not mistaken in my understanding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699449150964732099)  2023-09-06T15:47Z 50.3K followers, 19.4K engagements


"i'm giving you a choice either put these glasses on: or start eating that trash can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699491807896260971)  2023-09-06T18:36Z 34.1K followers, [----] engagements


"we at htmx inc. while sensitive to the perceptions of our potential market feel compelled to note that technology decisions are context dependent involve tradeoffs leading to different conclusions for different projects & maybe everyone should just fricking chill out a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699557124752191492)  2023-09-06T22:56Z 39.3K followers, 12.6K engagements


"tfw dhh lobs a meatball across the plate but your library is a single [----] line idiosyncratic ES5 javascript file that starts with the line "// UMD insanity""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699577364165046581)  2023-09-07T00:16Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"daily reminder that the first checkin for intercooler.js the precursor to htmx was Dec [--] [----] & that it has been as single plain idiosyncratic javascript file for almost a decade now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699635449588048233)  2023-09-07T04:07Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"to be fair you have to have a very high iq to understand why htmx is a single [----] line es5 javascript file the technical architecture is extremely subtle & w/o a solid grasp of software theory most of the architecture will go over a typical developers head a🧵explaining👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699776069287792959)  2023-09-07T13:26Z 48.7K followers, 95.3K engagements


"ok [--] hours into businessing & NO (zero) money which was the part i was most interested in because of the "buying stuff" part the wearing the tie part was in order to get the money part i have been played for an absolute fool comrades here is how capitalism has failed us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699797729168568408)  2023-09-07T14:52Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"smh at all these johnny-come-latelies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699806451416592821)  2023-09-07T15:26Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"like & subscribe for my free tell-all guide to shitposting yourself into total unemployability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699823281942262229)  2023-09-07T16:33Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@codingnninja totally well there are a few other things htmx does: gathering parameters handling history offering a bunch of events different swap styles targeting request indicators synchronizing requests between elements debouncing and some other stuff but it's pretty much the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699839802429042933)  2023-09-07T17:39Z 39.2K followers, [---] engagements


"htmx hates no language: hypermedia on whatever you'd like htmx would certainly NOT recommend htmx's approach to building htmx as a generally good idea because it isn't: it fits what htmx is trying to do w/ htmx in the decade-long temporal arc of htmx development htmx btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1699899058582671799)  2023-09-07T21:34Z 32.4K followers, 11.7K engagements


"why not I'll wade into the TS vs JS debate: i am broadly a fan of static typing having grown up programming in java that being said i have worked w/ruby & javascript and both can be extremely productive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700143023739318546)  2023-09-08T13:44Z 39.3K followers, 25.6K engagements


"errors can be minimized in the latter via tests which should be written anyway some people say that dynamic typing only works for "small" code bases but we have evidence that that isn't the case: github was written in rails facebook in php"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700143183638708339)  2023-09-08T13:44Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"if typescript was browser native i probably would have picked it for the intercooler.js rewrite to htmx i know of at least one bug recently that would have been caught by it so again i'm a qualified fan of statically typed languages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700158094477557908)  2023-09-08T14:44Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"on the gripping hand php has probably generated more value than any other programming language there are a bunch of different language that work great in the right context and hands that's a good thing it would be boring if this weren't the case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700158099074490509)  2023-09-08T14:44Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"it's possible to appreciate both JavaScript & TypeScript btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700159480896324032)  2023-09-08T14:49Z 39.3K followers, 14.7K engagements


"@DenizAksimsek @CptJero we need to move to a generated d.ts file based on JSDoc for sure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700165811086696608)  2023-09-08T15:14Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@Tom_Marien TS is statically typed you might not like its type system but it is statically typed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700166042448760832)  2023-09-08T15:15Z 39.2K followers, [---] engagements


"wait until you hear about rust developers TypeScript developers be like https://t.co/biREtWHppU TypeScript developers be like https://t.co/biREtWHppU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1700218327090737299)  2023-09-08T18:43Z 57.5K followers, 569.9K engagements


"there are a few rust devs that need to _borrow_ your sense of humor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700257658778087694)  2023-09-08T21:19Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"its friday afternoon & we KICKIN' the hornets nest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1700259958405869711)  2023-09-08T21:28Z 57.5K followers, 136.5K engagements


"look if they didn't want us doing it they wouldn't have made the click event bubble up to the html element don't hate the player hate the game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700264088654446651)  2023-09-08T21:45Z 33.9K followers, 28.3K engagements


"🎶🎶 don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone 🎶🎶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700303295774851425)  2023-09-09T00:21Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"if you aren't familiar w/ idiomorph it's a morphing algorithm based on morphdom but that uses id sets to more stably morph in the presence of sparse ids the id-set idea is explained here: here it is keeping a video running when morphdom can't:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700685357212368921)  2023-09-10T01:39Z 39.2K followers, 10.2K engagements


"this gets at an aspect of hypermedia/htmx that @ThePrimeagen has been hammering on (and that us old-timers often take for granted): in a hypermedia-driven application the state is encoded in the hypermedia and the server is the source of truth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700886777073213610)  2023-09-10T14:59Z 39.3K followers, 46.8K engagements


"a good question we advocate splitting your general purpose API & application specific APIs up into multiple projects backed by common server side logic (e.g. model objects) due to their differing needs:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700887546035884474)  2023-09-10T15:02Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements


"htmx is a often very good choice if your application is mainly CRUD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700888142172328177)  2023-09-10T15:05Z 39.2K followers, 11.6K engagements


"🎶🎶 es5 in the source and it's so damned frosty even sveltbros are like "Damn that's a cold ass library" 🎶🎶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700889824922939641)  2023-09-10T15:11Z 39.3K followers, 21.7K engagements


"the normie "AI is going to lead to a robot revolt that kills us all" vs the ascended "Hypermedia as the engine of total human oblivion""  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1700900304106217862)  2023-09-10T15:53Z 39.3K followers, [----] engagements


"hyperscript's syntax was inspired by HyperTalk the scripting language for HyperCard: w/many functional ideas taken from jQuery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701225902687092864)  2023-09-11T13:27Z 34K followers, 12.7K engagements


"gotta be frank: no longer interested in webdev takes from people who have never built a site nav w/a map tag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701244706125189330)  2023-09-11T14:42Z 39.3K followers, 45.3K engagements


"@efontan_ i actually tried that at one point but it was too close to TypeScript for npm to accept"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701267457393221695)  2023-09-11T16:12Z 39.2K followers, [--] engagements


"you can use htmx w/bun btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701583051778822339)  2023-09-12T13:06Z 50.4K followers, 408.8K engagements


"you can use htmx w/ javascript btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701646642695528881)  2023-09-12T17:19Z 39.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"strongly considering legal action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701673719272464425)  2023-09-12T19:06Z 33.2K followers, 38.1K engagements


"we now have a #lolcode-htmx channel on the htmx discord btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701959364049780790)  2023-09-13T14:01Z 33.7K followers, [--] engagements


"getting closer to a final on this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1701994938194637155)  2023-09-13T16:23Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements


"in a hypermedia driven app as much as is practicable system state changes should be driven by hypermedia exchanges scripting should be restricted to improving the client-side experience via ephemeral improvements (custom widgets toggling classes etc)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1702424311301316947)  2023-09-14T20:49Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"imagine not wearing this shirt as you walk around your office reading while holding the book directly out in front of you & exclaiming "Amazing" "So simple yet so profound" "And yet so inexpensive on amazon dot com" people live like this smh 😑"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1702714769311162800)  2023-09-15T16:03Z 39.2K followers, [----] engagements


"operation strangle-babby-in-cribb is successful tyvm @elonmusk how sweet it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1702778137581638082)  2023-09-15T20:15Z 39.3K followers, [---] engagements


"OK OK OK nue.js is a new reactive javascript front end framework looks interesting disagree w/ the idea that a FE/BE split is ideal but I get it good looking site definitely worth a look & a star on github the kicker: 2.5KB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1702781611413250543)  2023-09-15T20:29Z 39.2K followers, [---] engagements


"LETS GO accessibility advocates instead of yelling at web developers should be yelling at *browser makers* who actually have the skill & time to get accessibility right HTML should be accessible *by default* rather than requiring arcane & often conflicting bits of knowledge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1702841459320504523)  2023-09-16T00:26Z 34K followers, [---] engagements

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