Towards a simpler JavaScript ecosystem
summary
Argues that development can drop heavy bundlers and transpilation by using import maps, browser ESM, on‑the‑fly CDNs (esmDosh), JSDoc type checking and 103 Early Hints plus module preload to avoid slow dev builds; claims ~20% of popular packages are already ESM and a zero‑build dev workflow is feasible. Provides a working GitHub repo and says the prototype ran at RoundForce; production still needs simple build steps (minify, optimize) which the demo supports.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00The complexity problem
- 2:41Why tooling is complex
- 7:04Costs of current tooling
- 12:34A toolless vision for dev
- 19:02Removing JSX and TypeScript
- 23:23Production and performance
- 30:43Summary and conclusion
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