JavaScript vs JavaScript: Round 2. Fight!

A deep dive into six ongoing debates in the JavaScript ecosystem: build tools vs no-build approaches, framework-specific vs framework-agnostic design, language primitives vs composable APIs, runtime vs compile-time frameworks, progressive enhancement vs hydration, and the distinctions between partial, progressive, and resumable hydration. The piece examines tradeoffs in each debate, referencing frameworks like React, Svelte, Solid, Marko, Qwik, and Astro, and argues that most of these tensions are complementary rather than binary choices.