The problem is that Svelte 5 is not Javascript in the worst way. It doesn't solve the problems of js, it provides leaky abstractions around some frontend issues. I think Solid is a better direction than Svelte because Solid doesn't depend on a new language. But the reason there's an instinct to create something that's not quite js is that js is not ideal. Elm is the precursor to svelte. But I think we can do better...[0]

[0] https://jcuenod.github.io/bibletech/2025/02/16/beyond-typesc...