[samjmck]

When you’re trying to run a quick script or just want a “playground” environment where you can test your code, it holds you back.

For example: I’m making a web app with Svelte in TypeScript and I’m trying to test a part of its code. To do that, I have to build the app first because TypeScript needs transpiling which in turn needs bundling etc…

[yencabulator]

With SvelteKit, vite dev will hot-reload things on the fly as you save files. Definitely not worth this amount of brittle complexity to avoid.