I hate JavaScript more than the average JavaScript hater, but I don't think PHP is better. The problem is probably that it is just too popular, anything that gets too popular becomes a mess.
I also sympathize with the people who prefer to create the HTML on the server and then do only HTMX-style stuff in the browser, but if it weren't for arbitrary JavaScript-powered SPAs Nostr would be much worse (as I say that I'd like to make it clear that I still hope one day all Nostr clients will be native software running outside the control of any DNS domain owner, see also nostr:naddr1qqyrvwpj89skgwrzqyghwumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9e3k7mgzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6qcyqqq823c36zcak).
With regards to CSS my latest conclusion is that it is an academic exercise that didn't hold up well in the real world, and stuff like Tailwind that move the styling rules close to the location, as weird as they may look at first, are a much better approach for human sanity.
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2026-08-20 14:08:57 UTC
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