I am not very sensitive to all those issues, I find the JS/CSS/HTML web stack a bit antiquated (virtual DOM, LOL), but very usable. But the build toolstack is

I am not very sensitive to all those issues, I find the JS/CSS/HTML web stack a bit antiquated (virtual DOM, LOL), but very usable. But the build toolstack is a pure, unadulterated nightmare. I used to think Maven's XML orgies, archetypes and learning curve were bad, but diving into Webpack et al was a new dimension of horror. This time based on JSON, though.