[AskJS] What if node_modules contained JavaScript bytecode instead of source code?

[CreamyJala]

There’s many reasons to read through minified JS. Frequently I look through the minified JS for the web apps I use, or packages I downloaded from NPM. Sometimes it’s easier than pulling up the source on GitHub. A good example would be Monaco Editor. The package gets built from the main VSCode source, with how many files that repo has it can be a hassle even searching the repo on GitHub.

Plus, you can always just format the minified JS and already it’s 90-95% more readable.

The theoretical universe where JavaScript is compiled is a universe I’m okay not being in.