> Pass references around to objects, not recreate them each time at some function boundary.

Non-primitives are always pass-by-reference. There's no mechanism to pass a non-primitive by value except edge-cases like giving ownership of a buffer to another process.

> destructuring

What about it? What backs the assumption that destructuring is inherently worse than dot and/or bracket syntax? Is there a behavior you think is unique to destructuring? Or maybe a specific report from one engine years ago?