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- noteflakes.com
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A Look at Datastar was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 83 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #5 of 25, reached on Nov 5, 20:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 15:51 UTC.
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> Architecting our app as an SPA may help us achieve this goal of persisting client state, at the possible cost of not being able to correctly handle navigation history. Please don't break navigation. It's not your browser, it belongs to the user.
I'm using datastar and django for a project, and it's been a pretty great experience. using claude but also paying close attention to the generated code, and it's been fine, for people who are still worried that LLMs have trouble straying off the react path.
I struggle a bit with the datastar philosophy compare to htmx. A stream of DOM patches seems like you're writing jquery, just on your server instead of in the browser. I suppose that because it lets you get rid of most of your JS, you have less state machines to worry about. But at one point you start getting into…
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Is A Look at Datastar trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 15:51 UTC, after 3 days of trending.
What is the highest rank A Look at Datastar reached?
#5 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 5, 20:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has A Look at Datastar been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (83 checks) since.