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by dmitriid 1682 days ago
Maven and Gradle have been around for years, and they are pretty much understood.

Moreover, you can skip them entirely and roll your own in a couple of hours [1]

Meanwhile in JS world? Build tools now change faster than frameworks, and not a single person is concerned with upgrade paths, or working in tandem with other tools.

And yes, import story is a mess.

[1] https://tonsky.me/blog/python-build/