Wed January 17, 2024 I wrote an HTMX app and it was easy to develop a powerful plugin system within it. That surprised me. I had assumed that JSON-driven REST APIs were the only way to make composable web APIs. In my mind, HTMX blends the backend and frontend together into one monolithic component. It seemed counterintuitive. Let me tell you about it. The Streamlit Prototype Before the New Year I decided to hack on an idea. I wanted a social media client for Mastodon that displays my feed in a w...