question: Uncaught TypeError: __webpack_require__(...) is not a function

i’ve recently started experiencing this issue, where i will start up webpack as usual via npm run dev, where dev is defined in package.json as:

"dev": "webpack-dev-server --config webpack/webpack.dev.config.js --progress --colors --hot --inline",

then i’ll hit it in the browser with localhost:8080 and everything will be fine, until… i change a file in the app folder and 💥

Uncaught TypeError: __webpack_require__(...) is not a function

ironically i first started seeing this when i was trying to upgrade to babel-6, and i came across this stack-overflow post, so i thought i hit paydirt, and tried this which didn’t help.

i then returned back to babel-5, and the issue was still there, so now i’m kind of flustered, any ideas appreciated!

here is a reference to my entire project if it helps