Modern Web Development Tooling Overhead Crowds Out Actual Product Building
Developers report that framework configuration, dependency management, and build tooling churn now consume a disproportionate share of development time. The gap between writing application code and maintaining its scaffolding has widened as ecosystems have grown more complex, particularly in JavaScript/TypeScript stacks.
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