> Not to take away from your excitement or the validity of the change, but non frontenders find webpack rather bloated. To be fair, I’ve met more than one front-end developer with the same perception.

Regardless it still seems to be the build system most major platforms and large orgs are choosing to integrate with (for better or worse). Which comes with its own benefits.

It might not be the best build system for a raw new js project but in terms of broad support, stability, adoption rates, 'no one ever got fired for choosing IBM', etc it seems to be the system of choice.