So negative opinions about &#x27;*&#x27; should never be expressed?<p>JavaScript is a terrible language, and imho es2015 fixes a lot of broken stuff in the only backwards-compatible way it can. That said, I find the entire micropackage culture around npm and node, coupled with the hundreds of packages that typically constitute build scripts for even a smallish node project make me realize just how brittle it is compared to competing platforms.