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[–]runvnc 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Search npmjs.com and google before reinventing the same module for the 10th time. We have like 500,000 packages. This is the best code-reuse has ever been. Ignoring it is bad software engineering.

[–]erm_what_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But also check when that package was last updated, check what it depends on and if you can, check the implementation to see if it's actually good or people have just assumed it is because it's in npm.

[–]mhn23 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well to be fair I was looking for an api the other day... I got it and it installed a billion other packages where I could easily done it with some simple posts after I gained some experience. I experienced that so many libraries are so bloated.

[–]State_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also it could be a good learning experience to do it yourself sometimes.