Reading up on esbuild

The article argues that while modern CSS and JS features reduce the need for many build tools, bundling and minification remain essential for larger projects.

The VS Code team incrementally adopted TypeScript 7, a Go port of the compiler, achieving 4–7× speedups in builds and editor tooling.

Nub is a Rust CLI that augments Node.js with TypeScript execution, fast script/bin running, built-in version management, and a pnpm-compatible package manager — all without replacing Node's runtime.

Vite 8 replaces esbuild and Rollup with a single Rust-based bundler, Rolldown, delivering up to 10-30x faster builds.

The Concise TypeScript Book provides a reference on TypeScript features and syntax, though critics say it's not truly concise and lacks recent updates.