The thing that is unique about JS is that most people see it as unnecessary and detrimental. No one cares about Joe's brilliant idea if it's used to render text

The thing that is unique about JS is that most people see it as unnecessary and detrimental. No one cares about Joe's brilliant idea if it's used to render text (where a server-side template would've done just fine) or serve ads. Still, I'm on Sebastian's side. Being a maintainer of a popular project is tough.