There is a short paragraph adressing this on the "Why Vite" page: https://vitejs.dev/guide/why.html#why-not-bundle-with-esbuild https://vitejs.dev/guide/why.htm

There is a short paragraph adressing this on the "Why Vite" page: https://vitejs.dev/guide/why.html#why-not-bundle-with-esbuild https://vitejs.dev/guide/why.html#why-not-bundle-with-esbuil... I'm also a huge fan of HMR, and esbuild in the past has been anti-HMR.