Babel has been the "tool of the day" for 5+ years. Node/npm for closer to 10 years. And if you version-lock your dependencies - advisable for anything you're ha

Babel has been the "tool of the day" for 5+ years. Node/npm for closer to 10 years. And if you version-lock your dependencies - advisable for anything you're handing off to someone else - the same config + dependency version isn't going to suddenly break for no reason down the line. It's an unfounded trope that things are otherwise.