babel-plugin-minify-infinity

This plugin does exactly one thing: replaces `Infinity` with `1/0` to save a few bytes in minified output. It's part of the babel-minify ecosystem and works transparently as a Babel transform. In practice, it adds negligible build time overhead and reliably performs its transformation without breaking code.

The main operational concern is that it's been unmaintained since 2018. While the simplicity means there's little to break, you're locked into older Babel plugin APIs. It integrates fine with modern Babel 7+ setups, but there's zero guarantee of compatibility with future Babel versions. No logging, no configuration options, no error handling to speak of - though frankly, there's nothing that can really fail here.

From a production standpoint, the byte savings are marginal (roughly 6 bytes per `Infinity` occurrence). If you're already using babel-minify or need every byte squeezed out, it works fine. But modern minifiers like Terser already handle this optimization, making this plugin somewhat redundant in most toolchains. No performance issues, no memory leaks, but also no active maintenance or documentation updates.

This plugin does exactly one thing: replaces `Infinity` with `1/0` in your code to save a few bytes. It's part of the babel-minify suite and runs predictably as a compilation step with negligible performance impact. The transformation is deterministic and I've never seen it cause runtime issues or introduce bugs.

In practice though, the byte savings are trivial (5 bytes per occurrence) and modern minifiers like terser already handle this. The plugin hasn't been updated since 2018, which isn't necessarily a problem given its simplicity, but it does mean you're adding a deprecated dependency to your build chain. Configuration is non-existent because there's nothing to configure.

The real question is whether it's worth the dependency. If you're already using babel-minify, it's fine to include. If you're evaluating it standalone, the operational overhead of managing another build plugin outweighs the microscopic bundle size improvement. No logging, no options, no complexity - which is both its strength and limitation.

This is an incredibly narrow-focused Babel plugin that does exactly one thing: replaces `Infinity` with `1/0` to save a few bytes. It's part of the babel-minify ecosystem and works as advertised, but you'll rarely use it standalone. The learning curve is basically nonexistent because there's almost nothing to configure - you just add it to your Babel plugins array and forget about it.

The documentation is sparse, essentially just showing the transformation example. There's no real tutorial needed since the plugin has zero configuration options, but this also means when something goes wrong, you're largely on your own. Error messages are whatever Babel provides generically. Community support is virtually nonexistent - GitHub issues are inactive and you won't find Stack Overflow answers because problems are rare and the plugin is too simple to break often.

In practice, you're better off using babel-preset-minify or a full minification solution like Terser, which includes this optimization among many others. Using this standalone makes sense only if you're building a custom minification pipeline and want granular control over each transformation.