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The creator of Pikaday, a popular JavaScript date picker library from 2012, has archived the project and transformed it into a guide advocating against calendar widgets. The new resource encourages developers to use native HTML date inputs or simpler alternatives, arguing that complex calendar UIs lead to errors and poor usability. The guide challenges the assumption that date pickers need elaborate JavaScript libraries, emphasizing user-friendly interfaces over technically accessible but complicated components.

Reimagine the Date Picker

The native styling is unfortunately not good enough for most apps I worked on

“It doesn’t have to be so complicated!” --&gt; the old good KISS principle. “Back to the roots”, finally. :-)
Always loved this approach.

I honestly prefer native behaviours like this, the only major downsides I see are:
<ul>
<li>lack of styling possibilities</li>
<li>lack of limiting the date picker to certain dates.</li>
</ul>

Nah I will just use this one <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7-HGePQ70bI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7-HGePQ70bI</a> pure genius

good article, the actual pikaday page has some typos on it though that should be cleaned up, example:
<blockquote>
A common alternative to date pickers is a single input with a placeholder mask. This can be used for full or partial dates. JavaScript can enhancement the experience
</blockquote>
A Minor thing, and otherwise I agree with the article.