Interestingly, Vite itself is written in a slow interpreted language (JavaScript/TypeScript) while using compilers that are written in fast native languages such as ESBuild (written in Go).<p>It's a nice showcase of successfully applying the strategy of focusing on hotpath performance instead of blindly making every line of code "fast".<p>Also, Vite being written in JavaScript is much friendlier to the ecosystem. I myself made many PRs to Vite which I would have done much less if it involved a more complex language.<p>Shameless plug: I'm the author of <a href="https://vite-plugin-ssr.com" rel="nofollow">https://vite-plugin-ssr.com</a> which is a Next.js/Nuxt alternative but with a "do-one-thing-do-it-well architecture"[1].<p>[1]: <a href="https://vite-plugin-ssr.com/architecture#do-one-thing-do-it-well" rel="nofollow">https://vite-plugin-ssr.com/architecture#do-one-thing-do-it-...</a>