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PPK writes of modern web development:

Tools don���t solve problems any more, they have become the problem.

I think he’s mostly correct, but I think there is some clarification required.

Web development tools fall into two broad categories:

Local tools like preprocessors, task managers, and version control systems that help the developer output their own HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Tools written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that the end user has to download for the developer to gain benefit.

It’s that second category that contain a tax on the end user. Stop solving problems you don’t yet have.