I agree. Vite is amazing. And most of the comments here seem to be same old complaints we’ve heard and debunked over and over about the state of frontend dev tools.

I do wonder if other industries act like this to their specialties. E.g. do carpenters complain about the tools that boat builders use? Do butchers complain about bakers having to many tools. Do cobblers complain about marketing materials for tools used exclusively by dress-makers? I doubt it.

Most front end devs I talk to don’t complain about the things commenters here are talking about. Most of us—that I know of—are happy with the tools we use, are fine with the evolving landscape, and are able to read through marketing materials of most of the tools we are picking. Honestly, if you are not a front end developer, why do you care about this?