I didn’t fall in love with HTML.I tolerated it. Like a lot of developers, I treated HTML as the tutorial zone. The place you pass through on your way to the real game – JavaScript, frameworks, flashy interactions, dragons that breathe async fire. HTML felt like the character sheet you fill out quickly so you can start rolling initiative. That was a mistake. Over time – through teaching, debugging, accessibility audits, and rebuilding things I swore I’d never rebuild – I realized something quietly profound: HTML isn’t just structure. It’s a contract. A contract between you and the browser.Between your code and assistive technologies.Between your present self and future-you at…