If you're already familiar with JavaScript, it takes about a day's worth of Node.js API knowledge to write your own build scripts with esbuild. I think Julia h

If you're already familiar with JavaScript, it takes about a day's worth of Node.js API knowledge to write your own build scripts with esbuild. I think Julia had the right attitude. Instead of taking the leap of faith with a popular tool that you don't understand, instead, choose a smaller, focused tool that you can understand. As you build your application, you can more clearly and organically identify your painpoints, and then you re-evaluate if a more complex tool would be a better fit. I think going the other way around (as you seem to suggest) is a common mistake made by many entering the JS dev world. EDIT: For the record, I use Vite, esbuild, and rollup across several projects.