Remove babel in favor of the coming ES6/7 support in v8

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Tech stack

javascriptnodejs

Domain

tooling

Issue type

refactor

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

half day

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

mostly clear

Prerequisites

JavaScript ES6+ syntaxNode.jsBabel basics

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

50

Research direction

Investigate the current babel configuration and usage throughout the codebase, particularly in src/. Replace all ES6+ transpiled code with native syntax where V8 supports it. Check the Node.js version targeted to ensure feature compatibility. Consider any tests that need updating.