Comment by brainbag

Can't do much about NPM, but webpack is legacy now, no reason to use it for new projects. You can use esbuild if you just want compiling, or vite (which uses esbuild and roll up) if you want compiling + bundling + front end assets. It Just Works™. It's very fast, minimal effort, and vastly less complicated than webpack ever was. This is first time since we first started transpiring that I have found JavaScript tooling to actually be maintainable production quality and not a brittle hacky configuration management nightmare.