HTML Can Do That

1. Native HTML controls are often insufficient

"Just a heads up but datalist is not really a great solution if you need a strong contract. The user can still type whatever they want into the field and there is no fuzzy filtering or typo mitigation." — yurishimo

"HTML can NOT, in fact, replace a good combobox with search input. Datalist has significant shortcomings." — vlucas

2. Preference for minimal JavaScript / progressive enhancement

"Single page applications are one of the most annoying web patterns I know of. Please just let me have one page for each thing to do so I actually can bookmark it properly." — gunalx

"HTML can do a lot of cool stuff; it might get you 100 % of the way depending on what you're doing. But if you need fuzzy filtering or better UX, a small library or sprinkle of JS (e.g., HTMX) is often still required." — yurishimo

3. Front‑end validation vs. backend validation debate

"That's the whole sanitize vs. validate argument debate that keeps coming up." — reaperducer

"You still have to validate what the browser gives you. The user could have edited the 'strong contract' using browser dev tools." — honr