@alex webpack is the most popular because its shitty branding attracts people and everyone tells you to use it, i totally get why you used it, i used it too because its all i heard about.

in reality you dig deep and find something smaller and more for your needs. obv i could rabbit hole you but i get your situation, best you can do is chop off some of the ugly pieces.

(pleromaFE uses webpack too, i hate it)

please peep vite, it actually looks good :hapyKonata:

https://github.com/vitejs/vite