This is true, but what's also true is using biome or eslint more than half of your complaints are gone. JS has always had bad parts, but today it's a lot easier

This is true, but what's also true is using biome or eslint more than half of your complaints are gone. JS has always had bad parts, but today it's a lot easier to avoid them thanks to linters. And if you do stay in the good parts, it's my favorite language, for many reasons. That said, I hate the constant stuffing of features (though not this one which is much needed), more stuff around JS like WebComponents, or CSS adding a ton of sugar.