Honestly, TypeScript and React are in such a good space now that adopting those two is a near no brainer. You need discipline to not bring in millions of other dependencies.
I've done the whole "I'll write it all in JS by hand" to a ludicrous degree: https://luduxia.com/whichwayround (and the rest) and while there were advantages when this started I am now looking to port the useful bits over to saner ways for future maintenance.
I've done the whole "I'll write it all in JS by hand" to a ludicrous degree: https://luduxia.com/whichwayround (and the rest) and while there were advantages when this started I am now looking to port the useful bits over to saner ways for future maintenance.