The code I write these days is cleaner and more readable than anything I did back in the jQuery days. The only thing I add (for bigger projects) is Typescript.

The code I write these days is cleaner and more readable than anything I did back in the jQuery days. The only thing I add (for bigger projects) is Typescript. With jQuery it feels like a lot of functionality is hidden away, which can lead to unexpected situations that are harder to debug. In my experience writing vanilla code takes less time, not more, because I have a better grip on what is happening.