If you use VueJS without a compiler or bundler during development (and yes, this means no TypeScript), you can achieve an amazingly productive development experience. If you can resist all the tools which try to bait you into adding a bundling step, you won't regret it.

It takes a lot of effort to figure out how to use VueJS without the bundling step and it can feel constraining initially, but the simplicity pays off in the long term.

I'm quite annoyed though that VueJS team has been moving towards TypeScript and bundling. Am I the only person who thinks that front end work is too simple to need type safety?

Front end programming is like riding a bike, after a while, you don't need the training wheels anymore; they just slow you down and deprive you of real enjoyment.

Also, there is a joke my colleagues used to say about front end:

"Front end work is like building a house of cards. If it collapses, no one gets hurt. On the other hand, back end work is like building a house out of wine glasses..."