Launching a process on Linux only takes about 2ms, and make only needs to do it for parts that change. There is no reason you couldn't use a make-based system t

Launching a process on Linux only takes about 2ms, and make only needs to do it for parts that change. There is no reason you couldn't use a make-based system to get incremental rebuilds with under 100ms latency, which is about as good as most people get with native JS systems.