It seems like progressive enhancement[1] as a sort of framework might be a good way to dig ourselves out of this {modern web} javascript bloat situation.
The basic webpage should load and function in the most basic way without javascript. For fancier sorts of interactions, javascript files are loaded in and run as-needed.
I wonder what sort of websites[2] this would work for.
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Last updated Thu Nov 11 2021 in Berkeley, CA
1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Progressive_Enhancement