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> esbuild is essentially a one-man show and everything is bespoke and written for esbuild. Not saying this as a bad thing

Not being glib: you didn’t mention why you brought that up.

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My understanding (could be totally wrong) is that esbuild has historically been less open to widespread collaboration than some other open source projects, so adding the features they needed may have been untenable.

I have no authority and will not stand behind these claims if challenged.

> I have no authority and will not stand behind these claims if challenged.

I want this on a shirt

A friend once explained this concept to me as “strong opinions, weakly held”.

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