🔗 Build htop for the web with Go + Datastar

How does a backend-driven UI sound? Alex Pliutau showcases how to create an interactive web application using Go and Datastar, focusing on applications where state management occurs entirely on the backend. With Datastar’s hypermedia-first approach, developers can build applications like a monitoring dashboard for host metrics without the need for a complex frontend framework. By leveraging Server-Sent Events (SSE) for updates, it provides a streamlined way to push HTML patches directly from the server to the client. This enables real-time updates with minimal client-side logic. Pliutau dives into practical code examples, including the use of the gopsutil library for resource metrics, demonstrating how to efficiently implement this framework. It's a compelling alternative to traditional frontend frameworks for specific use cases.