Am I Principal Skinner? Complexity of front-end is just baffling to me now

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SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
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  • Static-Media-Service

    A static web service to host and organize your media collection.

  • vue can be used without a compilation step, which I do quite like. That said, building an SPA in plain javascript can work, but if you don't structure it well, it can easily become very messy: https://sms-demo.tyzoid.com/example.html (https://github.com/tyzoid/Static-Media-Service)

  • hotwire-rails

    Discontinued Use Hotwire in your Ruby on Rails app

  • Fortunately, there are some compelling alternative technologies emerging that can make front-end fun again. StimulusReflex and Hotwire are 2 libraries that allow developers to code interactive elements with server-rendered HTML updates and a small amount of straightforward javascript to glue things together.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • stimulus_reflex

    Build reactive applications with the Rails tooling you already know and love.

  • Fortunately, there are some compelling alternative technologies emerging that can make front-end fun again. StimulusReflex and Hotwire are 2 libraries that allow developers to code interactive elements with server-rendered HTML updates and a small amount of straightforward javascript to glue things together.

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