We have come to the juncture where hosting a small bit of JS functionality requires a giant swamp^Wecosystem of bundlers, transpilers, packaging systems, and sp

We have come to the juncture where hosting a small bit of JS functionality requires a giant swamp^Wecosystem of bundlers, transpilers, packaging systems, and specialized servers. All in the end to serve pieces of static content. It's mind boggling. Yes, you could just go it alone and do your own NPM-less JS, but you really will be mostly on your own. Once you wander into front-end development, the assumption is you live in their nodejs city, and their city is a dirty dirty ass place.