> htmx is definitely not right for most use-cases,
> the solution-space that HTMX fits in is extremely narrow
Strong disagree. HTMX is extremely flexible, surprisingly powerful and fully capable of driving quite a wide range of web applications. HTMX + Alpine even moreso, while still being far less complicated than one of the big 3 frameworks.
I'm guessing you are comparing HTMX to either pure HTML/CSS or a full react-framework-with-7986-packages solution? There are many other smaller frameworks, and many of them fit other parts of the spectrum than those other two extremes.
The existence of "many other smaller frameworks" is nice because it provides additional options for developers, but does not diminish HTMX's utility or suitability to drive a web application.
It does however diminish it's pitch as the alternative to big frameworks. My point is that there are many more points of choice than a "big framework", "htmx" or "pure html/js/css".
HTMX isn't even the biggest one outside of what you called the "big 3".
> the solution-space that HTMX fits in is extremely narrow
Strong disagree. HTMX is extremely flexible, surprisingly powerful and fully capable of driving quite a wide range of web applications. HTMX + Alpine even moreso, while still being far less complicated than one of the big 3 frameworks.