Given the ageist in tech, I would guess most devs actually writing code were still children 20 years ago and some were still babies so I don't think they are us

Given the ageist in tech, I would guess most devs actually writing code were still children 20 years ago and some were still babies so I don't think they are used to life before build tool JS. And writing plain js is outrageous like stepping outside in your underwear.