Vite is Terrible for Troubleshooting React
I have used Webpack as my primary module bundler for most of my career but recently decided to give Vite a go and the experience has been awful.
When something goes wrong and there's a runtime error, vite decides to simply default to your 404 page and display no errors. Furthermore, the console is completely empty so you have no idea what went wrong and you have to remove components until you find out the piece that went wrong instead of having an error you can debug.
There's gotta be a better way than trying to figure out the error with no error message because...
Posted May 1, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC
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