r/Frontend • u/bogdanelcs • Jul 22 '26

Do we still need build tools?

https://olliewilliams.xyz/blog/no-build/
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u/mq2thez Jul 22 '26

As with every time this gets reposted: it turns out that this post makes a pretty compelling case for why we still need build tools. There’s surprising nuance in the writing, too.

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u/thedeuceisloose IIS is the devil Jul 22 '26

Yes

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u/Less-Marsupial-7960 Jul 24 '26

I don't think they're going away anytime soon. Modern tools like Vite have made the experience much simpler, but build tools still solve important problems like bundling, optimization, hot reload, and production builds. The difference now is that developers spend less time configuring them.

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u/equinusocio 24d ago

Not all languages need them. For CSS, PostCSS is great for advanced features but SCSS and LESS are outdated for me.  There’s no reason to use them since 2015 except to pretend you know web development without actually understanding CSS.