Mostly because tools are rewritten in more optimized system languages like Rust instead of less optimized languages like JavaScript, which is more optimal for other use cases.Vite 4, released in December 2022, now has support for SWC instead of Babel. Which in turn makes it faster.It’s used...
popping up, such as ESBuild (which powers Vite), Parcel 2 (Rust), and others. We have also watched Vercel setting the stage for a big change in Next.js. In version 12, they addedSWCto their build and transpilation