There are multiple ways you could avoid this though: 1. Use a language that isn't JavaScript and avoid JavaScript frameworks, since most non JS setups don't re

There are multiple ways you could avoid this though: 1. Use a language that isn't JavaScript and avoid JavaScript frameworks, since most non JS setups don't require managing thousands of dependencies to get something working. 2. Use a framework or CMS so that you can update at a reasonable pace, and its someone else's responsibility if something in the tech stack breaks. This is why so many people still use WordPress/Ghost/Jekyll/whatever system they feel like using rather than hand coding everything themselves, even if they have the ability to do so. Maintaining a website is as difficult as you make it.