By "modern javascript" I refer to both the language and the ecosystem of Node, NPM, Typescript, and related technologies that have become so ubiquitous as to be

By "modern javascript" I refer to both the language and the ecosystem of Node, NPM, Typescript, and related technologies that have become so ubiquitous as to be inseparable from the language to most people. I don't hate javascript, I'm not one of those "javascript delenda est[0]" people who go off on rants about the language whenever it comes up. However, I don't like what the language and ecosystem have turned into, and I don't like many of the incentives that brought those changes about. What used to be a community driven ecosystem has been captured by VC and corporate interests. Admittedly, I also don't like a lot of the more recent features added to the language like classes and templates, because I'd prefer javascript remain simple and avoid feature creep. [0]https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=javascript%20delenda%20est&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...