If your builds are getting slower…
If your deploys feel heavier…
If your “bundle optimizations” now need their own documentation…
Then you might be stuck in the same trap most of us are:
We’re over-engineering bundlers while underestimating what the runtime can do for us.
I wrote a deep-dive that breaks down:
Why modern bundlers introduce invisible productivity tax
What happens when every deploy becomes a time sink
The exact architectural bottlenecks hidden inside traditional build pipelines
And how runtime-level frontends (think module federation, SSR/runtime routers, edge-delivered modules) flip the entire process upside down — in a good way
This is not a “ditch bundlers” rant.
This is a look at how your app could scale faster, deploy smarter, and ship features without waiting for the bundler to catch up.
If you build at scale, this will hit home.
👉 Read the full breakdown:https://medium.com/gitconnected/why-your-bundler-is-secretly-killing-your-productivity-and-how-runtime-frontends-save-you-1548dfe505d2
Would love to hear what the Dev.to crowd is doing to fight bundler bloat.
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