Agreed.

But ... minification is totally relatable and "better error messages" is less-so. The problem with benchmarks is they over-emphasize things that are measurable. Honestly, I don't care as much about binary size as I do about, e.g. maintainability. But the latter is harder to quantify.

It's not Elm's fault they have to play that game. People search for, "fastest javascript framework" when maybe that's not what they actually want. Maybe all they want is a good friend.