Why does @tanstack/eslint-plugin-query is built using vite?

[Newbie012]

Hey everyone 👋

I noticed that the build setup for @tanstack/query-eslint-plugin was switched from tsup to Vite, and I was curious about the reasoning behind that choice — particularly since ESLint plugins are running inside Node.js environment, not in browser.

When I opened #8878, I hit a error when building after importing modules from typescript — I assume Vite failed to handle the Node-specific usage, which led me to suspect that Vite might not be the ideal tool for building Node-targeted libraries like ESLint plugins.

So my question is - What were the motivating factors behind choosing Vite instead of sticking with tsup? Was it for dev experience, consistency with other packages, or something else?

just hoping to understand the tradeoffs better 🙏

Thanks!