I kinda understand the sentiment, having to deal with “legacy” SPAs is a pain.

But, if you are writing a greenfield solo project and want to do it like you did in 2009, vanilla html + js, I’m confident saying that thing will be much better than in 2009.

For me, I didn’t really learn much React or use it in an actual project. I opted for Vue, but now I am starting to look into HTMX.

A colleague also suggested that we try HTMX in future small projects rather than frameworks like React.