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My original plan for @babeljs was to consolidate all the tools that involve processing source code. Lint, bundling, you name it.

Turns out that's really hard. Especially in open source where you're scrutinised so heavily.

I'll probably do it eventually, in private. I don't get much value out of open source these days.

Hard to stay motivated when people are yelling at you to justify every little thing you do and take your actions as attacks.

I would rather have a single consumer, with friendly users, with tight integration and a complete laser focus.

And this is why many open source developers join large companies and disappear. Because open source sucks.

They're still building the same stuff, just not for you.