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As someone who maintain other peoples code I really don't look forward to deal with js a few years from now:

What build system did they use?

Where is that package? Does it even exist anymore.

Etc.

Had similar problems trying to maintain a delphi project as an almost fresh from scool developer. At that point I understood the value of Java and Maven.

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It's true, but there is an interesting mitigating effect here. If at some point you come across an old project that appears to be a product of herculean effort, note that these days its a matter of a few days effort.

The platform that JS is based upon moves incredibly fast.

Typically in Javascript, you would use npm's package.json for building, or you would use npm to install some well defined version of some build system, like you do for other packages. Like Maven builds, it works smoothly and predictably.

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