# Locality of Behaviour by htmx

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Locality of Behaviour by htmx and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a short essay on keeping component behaviour close to its markup, written by the htmx author.

## Why people recommend it

- Written by the htmx author (1 comments): "I personally like this essay by the author of htmx on the topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163772))
- Pushes back on common stack patterns (1 comments): "is a good fight back as exemplified in many stacks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047143))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Locality of Behaviour by htmx", https://hackerapproved.com/p/locality-of-behaviour-essay/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).