[smt88]

At this point, that's like being proud you write in assembly while all the hipsters use C++. Or it's like being proud you don't use any libraries in Go.

Build steps aren't evil. For most projects, you never even touch them. You use a project template and then you're done.

What you get in return is an amount of work no human can do by hand: type-checking, tree-shaking, cross-browser shims, image optimization... it's a huge list.

At this point, I wouldn't hire someone who thinks build steps are a waste of time. Programmers should know the value of automating complex manual tasks.