I do have originally a data science background, thus python is usually my go to language, and have a lot of experience with django already. This helps a lot when reviewing AI code and if you have to judge architecture, etc.

And for hmtx I simply wanted to have something lightweight that is not very invasive to keep things simple and dependencies low.

In my head this was a good consideration to keep complexity low for my AI agents :-)

Sure there is nothing wrong here, I was just talking about a feeling. HTMX is quite recent, but this idea of embedding logic into HTML reminds me of the old jQuery days.

You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done. IMHO the main thing technical people get wrong about B2B problems.

Also calling HTMX old makes me feel old.

> You don’t need a Drillator-X 3000 AI Ready™ if a simple screwdriver gets the job done

Yes, and Django feels like more of a Drillator than a simple screwdriver to me.

yeah htmx is from 2020, it feels like yesterday

SvelteKit is also from 2020.

> Django/HTMX seem quite 'old' technologies to me for a new project made in 2026.

It's simple, it works, it's efficient, safe, and there are tons of online resources for it. Excellent choice, even more so when using a coding agent.

FastAPI is quite old (2018)

Svelte even older (2016, SvelteKit was just an new version in 2022)

SQLAlchemy is ancient (2006)

Use newer tech, like HTMX (2020)

(/s obviously)

HTMX is 5 years old, version 2 is just under 2 years old, and the last release (2.0.7) came out 7 months ago.