The missing link in JavaScript tools

JavaScript tooling suffers from fragmentation where each tool (linters, formatters, type checkers) requires its own plugin system to handle non-standard enhancements like templates and CSS imports. A proposed solution involves creating a virtual file system that acts as a shared processing pipeline, similar to bundler APIs, where files are transformed before being passed to various tools. This unified approach would simplify framework integration and allow tools to work together more seamlessly.