Exactly the same thing happen to me: https://www.reddit.com/r/htmx/s/DuXyGgsCWK
I'm in an advisor position, and I tried very hard to mentor the team, explaining that learning this technology deepens your understanding of the browser. Whereas React etc isolates you from the actual environment you're working in - the browser.
On html/template, I like the security by default, and obviously it's built-in. But the dynamicness leaves too many open-ended questions unanswered. Templ is great, but the ergonomics leaves many things to be desired. After writing a few large production applications in it. I decided to create gsx: https://github.com/gsxhq/gsx