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Re:Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective by michaelt on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @05:42AM (#23309015)
> The only justification for the disaster of modern JS 'development' is: job security.

You could also explain it by a succession of well-intentioned-but-ultimately-unsuccessful attempts to reign in the insanity. At least for things like TypeScript and CoffeeScript.

Combined with a culture of high speed delivery of business value, which doesn't value going back and removing the earlier failed attempts.

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