Is modern JS tooling too complicated?

Adam adds a twist to our YepNope format this week. Instead of 2v2, it’s 1v1v1 with Mikeal reppin’ team Yep, Divya on team Nope, and Feross sitting in the middle on team It Depends. You don’t want to miss this excellent debate/discussion all about JS tooling complexity.

Many packages
New frameworks built all the time
Config hell. Webpack

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Featuring:

• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X
• Divya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• You are not Google/Amazon/LinkedIn
• Pika.dev
• A Future Without Webpack

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!