JavaScript kind of always had this problem, and on the whole, it’s a good problem. Nobody forces new tools to become widely adopted. It happens because they imp

JavaScript kind of always had this problem, and on the whole, it’s a good problem. Nobody forces new tools to become widely adopted. It happens because they improve enough stuff to convince us that switching is worth it. When the web moved from jQuery to React, the details developers cared about changed. Opening modals got harder, but thats okay because React made so many other things better. React is good enough to force us to adopt compilers for a language that doesn’t need them. When people complain about JavaScript on Hacker News, it’s usually about the build tools – and Rome has a shot at being an answer to that. The web is more mature now, but that doesn’t mean the time for new tools is over.