jQuery is still great. Just take this site (which is ironically arguing the opposite viewpoint) https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ https://youmightnotneedjquery

jQuery is still great. Just take this site (which is ironically arguing the opposite viewpoint) https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ and notice how all the "modern" (tech's vaguest and most meaningless adjective) code is 2-3x as verbose and complicated. And 33kb, you can probably gain that by changing your jpeg compresion level from 80 to 79.