> I feel like there are merits to your argument but that you have a larger anti-JS bias that's leaking through.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The truth is typically somewhere in the middle. I feel you though. I'm that way with Ruby/Bundler.

What's the problem?

I think JS is great. It's simple, anybody can use it.

TypeScript is excellent too. The structural type system is very convenient.

It's not going to replace Rust in cases where performance is essential or where you want strict runtime type checking or whatever, but for general use and graphical applications JS seems like a great pick.

I often hear people complain about JS, but really, how is it any worse than say Python?