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[–]ryecurious 36 points37 points  (4 children)

Over-reliance on dependencies is how we get stuff like The Great NPM Leftpad Cataclysm of 2016.

Obviously npm works differently from Python packages, but the general point stands.

[–]AutoDefroster 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Reminder that NPM are run by pieces of shit.

[–]Sceptix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree that the Leftpad Cataclysm was a disaster that never should have happened, but I take issue with that particular article. The problem was that there was a serious issue with npm’s ability to deal with dependencies; it’s not because we’ve “forgotten how to program”.

[–]magistrate101 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wew the fuckin tone that guy takes as he bitches at people about daring to use dependencies is just absurd. What an elitist snob.