As another example of "am I crazy? No, it's the entire rest of the internet that's crazy" check out htmx [0]. It's another acknowledgement that best practices (for js / ajax) are not best in all circumstances, and has been a fantastic fit for most of my web projects.
In practice, "the right way" is shorthand for "the right way for your project", and conventional wisdom / best practices are vital to know and understand so that you can recognize when they are a bad fit for what you need to do.
In practice, "the right way" is shorthand for "the right way for your project", and conventional wisdom / best practices are vital to know and understand so that you can recognize when they are a bad fit for what you need to do.
[0] https://htmx.org/