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by cxr 1215 days ago
> Build tools for JS [sic] solve problems that other languages don't have to worry about.

Explain that to all the people writing browser extensions which by their very nature have an entirely different set of relevant engineering concerns in contrast to Web apps delivered by HTTP—and yet the same minification tools and compatibility shims still abound for as far as the eye can see.