Should You Go All-In on Vite? A Risk vs. Reward Analysis

When Vite first landed, it wasn’t just another JavaScript bundler — it felt like a complete reset. Fast startup times, lightning-fast hot module replacement and a developer experience so smooth it made Webpack feel like loading a floppy disk.

Six months in, a year in, now several years in, Vite has done something rare: it’s not just a trendy dev tool, it’s become the backbone of countless modern frameworks. But here’s the real question: should you bet your entire stack on Vite?

Going all-in comes with serious upsides — speed,…