Just Use HTML

Commenters debate the sufficiency of plain HTML (with CSS/JS) for rendering and web development, often sarcastically advocating for it over the article's non-HTML alternative.

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Sample Comments

brailsafe Oct 21, 2021 View on HN

Seems like you're missing out. HTML is pretty great.

solardev Dec 12, 2023 View on HN

Judging from HN, just use HTML instead.

treve Feb 8, 2024 View on HN

HTML seems to be doing pretty well.

rounce Mar 15, 2017 View on HN

Well, there's this thing called HTML...

iamcreasy Mar 22, 2023 View on HN

Interesting. Does it dump the HTML/CSS and then someone needs to go in and add interaction?

Tomis02 Feb 13, 2024 View on HN

As if HTML wasn't bad enough.

ibdknox Jan 29, 2016 View on HN

It's all HTML at the moment.

learn HTML rendering before trying to teach anything :Ð

thiht Aug 18, 2023 View on HN

Not necessarily HTML, but yeah? Why not?

WhitneyLand Aug 20, 2017 View on HN

Looks promising. Why is it better off not using HTML/Js?