Does your web app really need a build step?

If you only need a build step to resolve bare import specifiers you could implement an import map and get rid of your build altogether.

In my new article, I explain how you can go build-less today

https://medium.com/@dannymoerkerke/going-build-less-with-import-maps-f71842aa20cb?sk=4181989cad1e6f81fae6b390581074a9

@dannymoerkerke Read the teaser, but can't be bothered to login to Medium. While this is a "me" problem, did you know this happens?

@tomayac I thought I put the friend link so you can read it for free.

Here it is again: https://itnext.io/going-build-less-with-import-maps-f71842aa20cb?sk=4181989cad1e6f81fae6b390581074a9

@dannymoerkerke Thanks, great article! (Just to be sure, I was only annoyed by the login requirement that some Medium authors are surprised exists. I think the article was free to read already.)
@tomayac Hmm I didn’t know you had to login still, I’ll check.
@dannymoerkerke It's super weird and unpredictable. Maybe the number of stories read gets factored in or so… It opened fine right now in an incognito tab. I stopped trying to understand the logic behind.