[nuerow]

> Breaking backwards compatibility is always painful but there's not one actual criticism of ES Modules as a spec here other than its incompatibility with CommonJS

This.

Also, the bulk of the rant is focused on how the author struggles with configuring his pick of JavaScript bundlers and transpilers, and proceeds to come up with excuses to justify not migrating away from CommonJS .

This article was a waste of a perfectly good click.