It hurts, but it's not supposed to. The web stack is now pure hell, almost completely devoid of what makes programming software enjoyable in the same way as mak

It hurts, but it's not supposed to. The web stack is now pure hell, almost completely devoid of what makes programming software enjoyable in the same way as making furniture or machining a tool, which it used to be and still is in places. The web ecosystem has raced to the bottom with the goal of enabling less and less talented/experienced developers to be productive. That goal is good, but the changes didn't have to be so bad - however, the nature of the web means that it's almost completely nonviable to make large breaking changes to the foundations, which are they kinds of changes that actually improve things and benefit everybody. So instead we build up layers. It's so disappointing considering what it could have been like.