Angular is falling off hard in the frontend frameworks race. And I totally agree about how the boilerplate and other things about Angular feels bad to work with. Other frameworks are far easier to build with, to the point where a 1-person team can easily handle them. React is being challenged but still has the biggest community, it's a much better place to start than Angular when evaluating frameworks like this.
All that being said, I'm glad HTMX worked out for you!
