Re:Tell HN: A production-ready "Hello World" is now ~600 files
by apothegm on Thursday February 19, 2026 @10:24AM
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The JS ecosystem is a hellscape. But there’s no reason you have to use it.
I’ll stick with straightforward Python frameworks and HTMX with a bit of vanilla JS sprinkled on top. Most importantly: no JS builds, no deps that can’t be included with a single CDN-loaded script tag.
I’ll stick with straightforward Python frameworks and HTMX with a bit of vanilla JS sprinkled on top. Most importantly: no JS builds, no deps that can’t be included with a single CDN-loaded script tag.