Dealing with sourcemaps absolutely causes extra trouble. Transpiler errors and bugs can also pop up at the worst times. Any time you add more steps to your comp

Dealing with sourcemaps absolutely causes extra trouble. Transpiler errors and bugs can also pop up at the worst times. Any time you add more steps to your compilation and deployment process, you're adding risk and potential trouble. That's just a fact of life. I'm not saying not to use es6 because I do and it's awesome, but I am not under the illusion that it's all sunshine and rainbows.