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> No complicated build systems or web pack or dependency management system.

I love statements like this. It's as if things are just complicated for the fun of it, not because they need to be/they solve complex problems.

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I’m not sure the complex problems these tools were originally created for still exist. For example, do you really need to support old browsers? If not, you probably don’t need a transpiler anymore.

If you're using Typescript you need one.

Unless you’re using it just for type checking js/jsdoc.

Flow is much better in this area.

Do you think there haven't been any new JS features in the past ten years?

You’d be surprised how widespread support for newer javascript functionality is now that all browsers are evergreen.

Well, webpack has been replaced by vite (for those who pay attention to front-end trendfuckery) which is much simpler than Webpack and Babel is eliminated.

We are still not quite at the point where it’s practical to not have a module bundler. Handling things like imports etc is still necessary.

But we are moving away from React. Things are slowly going back to sanity. SvelteKit is an excellent step in this direction IMO.

When you have a problem that can be solved with a hammer and nails you don't break out the TIG welder

You also don‘t endlessly build strawmen on HN about people using TIG welders where a hammer would suffice

The complex problem of having great code turn compiled into shitty-ish code that some browsers support

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